
pmid: 34819333
A young patient presented to the emergency department after a fight in which he sustained an injury to his right hand by punching. On clinical examination, there were no lacerations; there was noticeable swelling on the ulnar side of the dorsum of the wrist and he was very tender just distal to the ulnar styloid process. The hand was neurovascularly intact with no rotation deformity of the fingers. The patient had plain radiographs (figures 1 and 2). Figure 1 Postero Anterior (PA) view hand. Figure 2 Lateral view hand. What is your diagnosis? 1. Fifth metacarpal neck fracture. 2. Coronal split fracture of the body of the hamate. 3. Capitate fracture. 4. Hook of hamate fracture. The coronal split fracture of the body of the hamate is relatively rare and …
Fractures, Bone, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Carpal Bones
Fractures, Bone, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Carpal Bones
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