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Septic arthritis
Carpal luxation Visible
History of trauma abnormality Consider to establish polyarthritis
Immune-
mediated
Fracture Carpal joint diagnosis
dislocation
Arthrocentesis Non-calcifying
X-rays X-rays
Incomplete abnormal normal tendinopathy
ossification of Fracture/fissure line
radial carpal
bone Ultrasound/MRI Carpal
hyperextension
Articular degenerative
Osteoarthritis changes
Stress radiographs Collateral
Pain in ligament injury
Osseous Angular limb carpal
deformities/ deformity region
premature Incomplete
physeal closure CT ossification of
radial carpal
Lytic lesion bone
Osseous
neoplasia Visual observation/ Minimally
Soft tissue examination displaced trauma History of
calcification Regional tendinopathies: fracture
• Flexor carpi ulnaris
Calcifying • Abductor pollicis longus
tendinopathy FNA
“Double physis” Flexor deformity dog Juvenile
Hypertrophic
osteodystrophy
Soft tissue
neoplasia
Figure 13.1 Schematic of common diseases affecting the carpal region and the steps necessary to establish a diagnosis.