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High-resolution 3-T MRI of the triangular fibrocartilage complex in the wrist: injury pattern and MR features
Huili Zhan1, Huibo Zhang2, Rongjie Bai3,4
1Department of Radiology, Peking University Fourth School of Clinical Medicine, No.31, Xinjiekou East Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100035, China.
Objectives:
To investigate if using high-resolution 3-T MRI can identify additional injuries of the triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) beyond the Palmer classification.
Materials And Methods:
Eighty-six patients with surgically proven TFCC injury were included in this study. All patients underwent high-resolution 3-T MRI of the injured wrist. The MR imaging features of TFCC were analyzed according to the Palmer classification.
Results:
According to the Palmer classification, 69 patients could be classified as having Palmer injuries (52 had traumatic tears and 17 had degenerative tears). There were 17 patients whose injuries could not be classified according to the Palmer classification: 13 had volar or dorsal capsular TFC detachment and 4 had a horizontal tear of the articular disk.
Conclusion:
Using high-resolution 3-T MRI, we have not only found all the TFCC injuries described in the Palmer classification, additional injury types were found in this study, including horizontal tear of the TFC and capsular TFC detachment. We propose the modified Palmer classification and add the injury types that were not included in the original Palmer classification.
