From: Imaging for Dupuytren disease: a systematic review of the literature
Author (year) | Study type | Level of evidence | Imaging modality | N (hands) | Clinical details | Outcome measures | Results | Additional value MRI | Additional value US |
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Ulusoy (2015) [27] | Case-report | 5 | US - (elastography) | 1 | 77-year-old male with bilateral contractures of thumb and little fingers. | Echogenicity, vascularity and elasticity. | Thickened palmar fascia with high vascularity and mixed echogenicity Differences in stiffness of DD tissue | – | Yesa |
Vanek (2018) [28] | Prospective cohort study | 3 | US | 38 | DD patients undergoing either PNF or CCH-injections. | - Nodularity + echogenicity of cords - 2-year follow-up for signs of residual disease (palpable cord or recurrent contracture) | Palpable cord: - fibrillar: 1/6, nodular: 14/32 Recurrent contracture: - fibrillar: 0/6, nodular: 3/32 | – | Yes |
Yacoe (1993) [26] | Prospective case-series. | 4 | MRI | 10 (11) | DD patients undergoing fasciectomy | - MRI signal intensity - Cellularity (histology) | - 22 cords and 3 nodules with low or low to intermediate signal intensity and hypo-cellularity - 10 nodules with intermediate signal and focal areas of high or low signal intensity and high cellularity or mixed composition | Yes | Â |