UPPER LIMB PATHOLOGY

Bone metastasis refers to transfer of disease or cancerous lesions from one organ or part that may not be directly connected.

inflammation of the bursae or fluid- filled sacs that enclose the joints

common painful disorder of the wrist and hand that results from compression of the median nerve as it passes through the center of the wrist;

A fracture (frak′-chur) is a break in the structure of bone caused by a force

Fracture and dislocation of the posterior lip of the distal radius involving the wrist joint

Fracture of the base of the first metacarpal bone,

Transverse fracture that extends through the metacarpal neck

Transverse fracture of the distal radius

Reverse of Colles’ fracture, or transverse frac- ture of the distal radius

accumulated fluid (synovial or hemorrhagic) in the joint cavity

is a noninflammatory joint disease

bone tumors or neo- plasms

a sprain or tear of the ulnar collateral ligament of the thumb

a chronic systemic disease with inflammatory changes throughout the connective tissues;

a common chronic skeletal disease

reduc- tion in the quantity of bone or atrophy of skeletal tissue

a hereditary disease marked by abnormally dense bone

a local or gen- eralized infection of bone or bone marrow