Hand and Fingers MRI

MRI of the hand and fingers evaluating metacarpals, phalanges, small joint arthritis, flexor tendons, and soft-tissue masses.

The hand and fingers MRI provides imaging of the metacarpal bones, phalanges, metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints, flexor and extensor tendons, collateral ligaments, and the palmar soft tissues. The small structures of the hand benefit from the dedicated surface coils and optimized protocols available at Radiologie Dr. Jung. The protocol includes coronal, sagittal, and axial T1 and T2-weighted sequences. The radiologist evaluates for inflammatory arthritis patterns (rheumatoid, psoriatic), collateral ligament injuries (particularly the ulnar collateral ligament of the thumb — gamekeeper's/skier's thumb), flexor tendon tears and tenosynovitis, Dupuytren's disease, enchondromas and other bone tumours, and soft-tissue masses including giant cell tumours of the tendon sheath. This examination is commonly requested by rheumatologists for early inflammatory arthritis assessment, hand surgeons for pre-operative planning, and patients with persistent finger pain, swelling, or palpable masses that remain unexplained after clinical examination and X-rays.