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From: Ultrasonography and color Doppler in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: diagnosis and follow-up of ultrasound-guided steroid injection in the wrist region. A descriptive interventional study

Figure 3

US-guided puncture of the dorsal recess of the radio-carpal and midcarpal joints. a Drawing showing the direction of the needle during puncture of the hypertrophic midcarpal recess (rc). Lun = lunate bone, Cap = capitate bone, mc = midcarpal recess. b Image of the US-guided puncture of the dorsal midcarpal recess in a JIA patient. c Dorsal sagittal US scan showing the tip of the needle (arrows) in the midcarpal recess (mc). Ext = extensor tendon, Lun = lunate bone, Cap = capitate bone, rc = radio-carpal recess.

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Pediatric Rheumatology

ISSN: 1546-0096