TY - JOUR
T1 - Atypical infections versus inflammatory conditions of the hand
T2 - The role of imaging in diagnosis
AU - Soldatos, Theodoros
AU - Omar, Hythem
AU - Sammer, Douglas
AU - Chhabra, Avneesh
PY - 2015/8/31
Y1 - 2015/8/31
N2 - Summary: Atypical infections may manifest in the setting of low clinical suspicion and, because of some similarity to other inflammatory conditions regarding their clinical and imaging findings, misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis is not infrequent. The latter may lead to elevated risk of severe bone and joint destruction, and higher morbidity. This review addresses the challenging subject of discussing the imaging characteristics of atypical infections and a variety of inflammatory conditions of the hand, and emphasizes the key points that assist in the differentiation of the two broad clinical categories of infections versus inflammatory causes.
AB - Summary: Atypical infections may manifest in the setting of low clinical suspicion and, because of some similarity to other inflammatory conditions regarding their clinical and imaging findings, misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis is not infrequent. The latter may lead to elevated risk of severe bone and joint destruction, and higher morbidity. This review addresses the challenging subject of discussing the imaging characteristics of atypical infections and a variety of inflammatory conditions of the hand, and emphasizes the key points that assist in the differentiation of the two broad clinical categories of infections versus inflammatory causes.
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U2 - 10.1097/PRS.0000000000001442
DO - 10.1097/PRS.0000000000001442
M3 - Article
C2 - 26218379
AN - SCOPUS:84938306843
SN - 0032-1052
VL - 136
SP - 316
EP - 327
JO - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
JF - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
IS - 2
ER -