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radial styloid fracture; perilunate fracture dislocation
Etiology:
- axial loading & hyperextension of the wrist Radiography:
- posterioanterior, lateral & oblique radigraphs of wrist
- peri lunate dislocation with fracture of radial styloid
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Complications:
- capitate-lunate joint disruption
- lunate dislocation
- rupture of lunate-triquetrium ligament
- rupture of radius-scaphoid-capitate ligament
- rupture of lunate-scaphoid ligament
Management:
- consultation with a hand surgeon
Related
lunate bone
styloid process of radius (radial styloid process)
General
distal radial fracture
joint dislocation
References
- Cimino-Fiallos N
14 Can't-Miss Hand Emergencies
Medscape. March 5, 2021
https://reference.medscape.com/slideshow/hand-emergencies-6010180