A 33-year-old woman comes to the emergency department 1 hour after she slipped on an icy sidewalk and fell onto her outs
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 10:53 am
A 33-year-old woman comes to the emergency department 1 hour after she slipped on an icy sidewalk and fell onto her outstretched right hand. Physical examination shows swelling and tenderness to palpation centrally of the palmar side of the right wrist. Palpation of the right anatomical snuffbox and the remaining portion of the wrist elicits no pain. The most likely cause of the findings in this patient is dislocation of which of the following bones?
A) Hamate
B) Lunate
C) Pisiform
D) Scaphoid
E) Trapezium
F) Triquetrum
A) Hamate
B) Lunate
C) Pisiform
D) Scaphoid
E) Trapezium
F) Triquetrum