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How do you differentiate the normal feeding vessel to the lunate from an erosion or power doppler signal on ultrasound?

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Rheumatology · Boston University School of Medicine

Distinguishing erosion from lacuna for feeding vessels on the dorsum of the lunate can be challenging, and most people have a lacuna in this location (Falkowski et al., PMID 32007818). True erosions are more likely to be greater than 2mm in width and irregular, while vascular channels are typically ...

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