If you\u2019re lucky, you have eight fingers and two thumbs that perform innumerable tasks for you \u2013 and along the way they can get caught, popped, crushed, locked, punctured, jammed or bent in ways that are just plain wrong. Between them they encompass 30 separate joints which are largely similar to one another, aiding in diagnosis, but as any extremity surgeon will tell you the gamut of clinical presentations is surprising and can be confounding. We\u2019re not just talking avulsion fractures, glomus tumors and subcutaneous tissue incursions.
\nThese surgeons and specialists, like the baristas in your local coffee shop, have their own language to describe the variations \u2013 trigger injuries, beak ligaments, boutonniere deformities, pulley mechanisms \u2013 and they expect you to speak their language. The anatomy of your distal upper extremities lends itself to interesting descriptions, and the appearances on MRI can be memorable \u2013 just seeing a wide range of finger\/thumb imaging can \u201ctrigger\u201d your memory and make many of the mnemonics second nature. So how do you get to see as much \u201cdigital\u201d MRI as possible?
\nWe were hoping you\u2019d ask! Our Thumb & Finger MRI Mastery anatomy series thoroughly explores volar and dorsal, extensor and flexor, brevis and longus, abductors and adductors, and those pesky sesamoids. This is followed by case reviews of patients ranging in age from 15 to 78 who\u2019ve had run-ins with sports equipment, power tools, leashes, and mystery masses. If you\u2019re still hungry for more, we have supplementary advanced Orthopaedic Joint Series and Professional Series resources to round out your tour of the MCPs, PIPs and DIPs. We have had the good fortune to participate in quarterly hand and wrist conferences with our surgical colleagues for many years, so we can also share some insights into postsurgical evaluation and possible follow up and treatment options. Finger \u201ctips\u201d at your fingertips and \u201cpointers\u201d on which relevant thumbnails will give you the most useful views \u2013 your referring clinicians will appreciate your decision to take advantage of our case experience!
\nThumb & Finger MRI Anatomy & Diganosis Covered in this Course<\/p>\n
\u2747\ufe0f Abductor pollicis longus
\n\u2747\ufe0f Adductors
\n\u2747\ufe0f Boxer\u2019s knuckle
\n\u2747\ufe0f Carpometacarpal (CMC) joint: Dorsal ligaments
\n\u2747\ufe0f Carpometacarpal (CMC) joint: Volar ligaments
\n\u2747\ufe0f Dorsal plates
\n\u2747\ufe0f Extensor pollicis brevis
\n\u2747\ufe0f Extensor pollicis longus
\n\u2747\ufe0f Fall on an outstretched hand (FOOSH)
\n\u2747\ufe0f Flexor pollicis longus
\n\u2747\ufe0f Gamekeeper thumb
\n\u2747\ufe0f Glomus Tumor
\n\u2747\ufe0f Infections
\n\u2747\ufe0f Masses (e.g. glomus tumor)
\n\u2747\ufe0f Pulleys
\n\u2747\ufe0f Radial collateral ligament (RCL) tear
\n\u2747\ufe0f Radial collateral ligaments (RCL)
\n\u2747\ufe0f Sesamoids
\n\u2747\ufe0f Stener lesions
\n\u2747\ufe0f Thenar muscles: Abductor pollicis brevis
\n\u2747\ufe0f Thenar muscles: Abductor pollicis longus
\n\u2747\ufe0f Ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) tear
\n\u2747\ufe0f Ulnar collateral ligaments (UCL)
\n\u2747\ufe0f Volar plates
\n\u2747\ufe0f And much more\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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