wk 9- upper extremity (elbow, hand, wrist) Flashcards
located on the dorsum wrist at level of scapho-lunate ligament
ganglion cyst
treatment for ganglion cyst
surgery or injected with steroid
tumor arise from tendon sheath bit DO NOT move with tendon motion
giant cell tumor
giant cell tumor origin
volar surface thumb, index and middle finger of DISTAL interphalangeal joining
common name for “nodular synovitis”
giant cell tumor
- solid
- hypoechoic
- well defined margins
- hypervascular on colour doppler
giant cell tumor
t/f: giant tumors move with tendon motion
false
often associated with raspberry skin
hemangioma
t/f hemangioma is malignant
false
hemangioma are ___ growing
slow
appear as hypo or hyperechoic and solid with varying degrees of vascularity
hemangioma
t/f: glomus tumors are very common
false
arise from neuromyoarterial apparatus in the dermis. Occurring under finger/ toe nails or at volar surface of finger tip
glomus tumor
few mm in size, solid, well defined with hypoechoic internal echogenicity & hypervascularity on doppler
glomus tumor
schwannoma are ____ located whereas neurofibroma are located ____
eccentrically
centrally
most ___ occur along the flexor surface of the forearm or hand
schwannoma
schwannoma age range
30-60yrs
neurofibroma age range
20-30 yrs
arise from the shwann cells of nerve
schwannoma
arise from the fasciculi, centrally within nerve
neurofibroma
nerve tumor that causes symptoms of tingling or pain
neurofibroma
t/f: schwannoma are asymptomatic
true