Midcarpal wrist arthrography for detection of tears of the scapholunate

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and lunotriquetral ligaments. Tirman RM. Weber ER. Snyder LL. Koonce TW. American Journal of Roentgenology. 144(1):107-8, 1985 Jan. Ten consecutive patients who presented with dorsal wrist pain, no history of trauma, and no physical signs other than local tenderness over the scapholunate ligament junction had surgery. The obvious pathologic finding in eight was ganglionic degeneration in a particular area on the dorsal scapholunate interosseous ligament. The operation resulted in dramatic relief of pain and return to full function for the duration of follow-up in most patients.