Disease relevance of Triangular Fibrocartilage

• This article illustrates anecdotally some of the feasible arthroscopic "-ectomy" procedures of the wrist: centrum excision of the triangular fibrocartilage complex following injury; synovectomy in the management of wrist rheumatoid arthritis; proximal row carpectomy for degenerative arthritis; and hemiresection of the distal ulna [1].
• This article reviews the common pathologic lesions of the wrist: avascular necrosis, triangular fibrocartilage complex tears, ligamentous tears, ganglion cysts, carpal tunnel syndrome, and osteoarthritis [2].

High impact information on Triangular Fibrocartilage

• Distribution of calcification in the triangular fibrocartilage region in 181 patients with calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease [3].
• Triangular fibrocartilage complex: normal appearance on coronal three-dimensional gradient-recalled-echo MR images [4].
• Normally, the triangular fibrocartilage was seen in all cases in Part I as an inverse triangular structure of homogeneous hyperechogenicity on transverse and oblique sagittal scans at the level of the distal radioulnar joint [5].
• In a 75-year-old woman, with arthropathy and calcification of the triangular fibrocartilage of the wrist, hyperparathyroidism was suspected, but not proven [6].
• This injury can be thought of as an "unhappy triad" of radial head fracture, triangular fibrocartilage complex failure, and a tear of the interosseous membrane [7].

Anatomical context of Triangular Fibrocartilage

• Closed rupture of the flexor tendon caused by crystal deposition in the triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) [8].

Associations of Triangular Fibrocartilage with chemical compounds

• A case of calcium hydroxyapatite deposition in the triangular fibrocartilage of the wrist is presented [9].
• This vascular injection study of the triangular fibrocartilage (TFC) was carried out in 12 fresh cadaver arms--eight adults and four infants--with Ward's blue latex [10].

Gene context of Triangular Fibrocartilage

• Perforations or communicating defects of the triangular fibrocartilage complex have been more commonly identified after Palmer published his classification system (J Hand Surg 1989;14A:594-606) [11].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Triangular Fibrocartilage

• In Part II, eight of the 47 wrists were found to be hypoechoic in the triangular fibrocartilage region, which proved to be tears by arthrography [5].

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