Patient Positioning
Patient seated in front of the examiner, hand palm down resting on the examination table.
Probe Positioning
Place the transducer on a sagittal plane over the dorsal aspect of the wrist. Move the probe radially or ulnarly over the extensor tendon compartment of interest.
Synovitis with mild effusion in the proximal recess and positive doppler signal in a patient with rheumatic athritis
e: effusion
Note: Synovitis of the wrist in a patient with rheumatic arthritis with effusion, synovial hypertrophy and neovascularization
er: erosion
sh: synovial hypertrophy
Note: Erosion of the capitate in a patient with rheumatic arthritis, synovial hypertrophy of the joint
Synovitis (Rheumatoid Arthritis) of the wrist with
effusion and synovial thickening in the recess of the radiocarpal and midcarpal joint
Elevated synovial vascularization is visualized by doppler ultrasound