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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 May 2015
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The patient’s x-rays show 2 abnormalities. On the AP (anterior–posterior) view there is widening of the scapholunate space, which measures approximately 3 mm. On the lateral view, just dorsal to the lunate, a triquetral fracture is evident. The diagnosis of scapholunate dissociation with fractured triquetral was subsequently confirmed with an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), and the patient underwent operative repair.
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- Diagnostic Challenge • Défi Diagnostique
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