DXA has been widely accepted as a noninvasive method for BMD measurement in adults as well as in pediatric subjects (1). An important shortcoming of DXA is that it measures an areal density, so that ...

Your radius is one of the two bones in your forearm, along with the ulna. It’s the bone that attaches closest to your thumb. A radius fracture, sometimes called a radial fracture, is a break of this ...

The middle phalanges (hand), also known as the intermediate phalanges, are bones located in the fingers. Each intermediate phalanx connects to a proximal and distal phalanx. Each proximal phalanx is ...

The following text summarizes information provided in the video. Familiarity with the terms used to describe the anatomy of the hand is important for clinical assessment. The terms “volar” and “palmar ...

ACRO-osteolysis, without associated articular inflammation, has been observed in a patient presenting cutaneous lesions of psoriasis. Lysis of bone followed trauma to the distal aspect of the involved ...

A 58-year-old woman was admitted to our rheumatology ward for evaluation and treatment of seronegative polyarthritis. She had a three-year history of peripheral symmetric arthritis involving her ...