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Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2021; 25(02): 216-231
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1724017
Review Article

Hand Masses

James Teh
1   Department of Radiology, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom
,
Maryam Shahabpour
2   Department of Radiology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
,
Jean-Luc Drape
3   Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France
,
Antoine Feydy
3   Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France
,
Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska
4   Department of Radiology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland
,
Filip M. Vanhoenacker
5   Department of Radiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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Abstract

Hand and wrist soft tissue masses may be classified as pseudotumors, benign neoplasms, or malignant neoplasms. The vast majority of hand lesions are benign. Consideration of the location of the lesion and its imaging characteristics often leads to a specific diagnosis. Pseudotumors discussed in this article are ganglion cysts, accessory muscles, and inflammatory lesions. True tumors are described according to their tissue type: nerve sheath tumors, adipocytic tumors, so-called fibrohistiocytic tumors, pericytic tumors, and vascular lesions. We also outline the imaging features of masses encountered in the hand and wrist.

Keywords

hand and wrist tumor - mass - magnetic resonance imaging - ultrasound

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