Table 3 Summary of studies on imaging for diagnosis of DD
From: Imaging for Dupuytren disease: a systematic review of the literature
Study (year) | Study design | Level of evidence | Imaging modality | N | Clinical details | Outcome measures | Results | Additional value MRI | Additional value US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Juvenspan (2014) [18] | Case-report | 5 | US + MRI | 1 | 37-year-old female with a mass at the distal end of Guyon’s canal in the right hand | Diagnosis of swelling with unknown origin | No suspected diagnosis following imaging | No | No |
Mordus (2017) [19] | Case-report | 5 | US + MRI | 1 | 64-year-old man with left hand clumsiness and loss of muscle mass between 1st and 2nd rays | Diagnosis of unknown cause of symptoms | No suspected diagnosis following imaging | No | No |
Habash (2007) [20] | Case-report | 5 | MRI | 1 | 36-year-old man with a 2-year history of a steadily enlarging mass of the right volar forearm | Diagnosis of swelling with unknown origin | Suspected fibroplastic sarcoma following imaging | No | – |
Kraus (2012) [21] | Case-report | 5 | US + MRI | 1 | 7-year-old girl with swelling in the left palm (4th ray) | Diagnosis of swelling with unknown origin | Suspected ganglion cyst following imaging | No | No |
Spyropoulou (2016) [22] | Case-report | 5 | MRI | 1 | 10-year-old boy with a nodule and a contracture of the distal interphalangeal joint of the right little finger | Diagnosis of swelling with unknown origin | Suspected fibrous histiocytoma following imaging | No | – |
Germano (2016) [23] | Case-report | 5 | US | 1 | 71-year-old man with clinical signs of Ledderhose, Peyronie and suspected DD and long-term use of primidone for essential tremor | Confirmation of diagnosis | Suspected DD following imaging | – | Yes |
Abogamal (2016) [24] | Cross-sectional | 4 | US | 8 | Suspected DD patients in a larger study of 114 diabetic patients with or without hand-pain | Confirmation of diagnosis | Suspected DD following imaging | – | Yes |