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Hand XRay in Osteoarthritis

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Hand XRay in Osteoarthritis, Wrist XRay in Osteoarthritis, Osteoarthritis Hand XRay, Osteoarthritis Wrist XRay

  • See Also
  1. Osteoarthritis
  2. Hand Osteoarthritis
  • Views
  1. Anteroposterior (AP) Views
  2. Oblique Views
  3. Consider magnification views of hand or joint
    1. Specific bone fine detail
    2. Soft tissue evaluation
  • Joints affected
  1. First carpometacarpal joint
  2. Trapezio-navicular joint
  3. Proximal interphalangeal joints
  4. Distal interphalangeal joints
  • Findings
  1. Non-uniform narrowing of joint space
  2. No erosive changes seen in primary Osteoarthritis
  3. Erosive Arthritis seen in postmenopausal women
    1. Variant of Osteoarthritis
  • References
  1. Brower (1998) Arthritis Black and White, Saunders
  2. Klippel (1997) Primer Rheumatic Diseases, AF
  3. Swagerty (2001) Am Fam Physician 64(2):279-86 [PubMed]