TEST YOURSELF: QUESTION Right wrist swelling in a 77-year-old woman Matthew Morris & Peter M. Murray & Mark Kransdorf Received: 29 April 2011 /Revised: 18 May 2011 /Accepted: 4 July 2011 /Published online: 12 August 2011 # ISS 2011 Question A 77-year-old woman developed right wrist swelling after catching her wrist in a falling rack of clothes. The patient did not initially experience wrist pain, but developed moderate to severe pain in the ensuing week, causing her to present to the emergency department (Figs. 1, 2). What is the diagnosis? Fig. 1 Oblique radiograph of the right wrist Fig. 2 Proton density fat-saturated T2-weighted MRI of the right wrist in the sagittal plane The diagnosis can be found at doi:10.1007/s00256-011-1229-9. M. Morris : P. M. Murray (*) : M. Kransdorf Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Road South, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA e-mail: [email protected] Skeletal Radiol (2012) 41:219 DOI 10.1007/s00256-011-1235-y

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TEST YOURSELF: QUESTION

Right wrist swelling in a 77-year-old woman

Matthew Morris & Peter M. Murray & Mark Kransdorf

Received: 29 April 2011 /Revised: 18 May 2011 /Accepted: 4 July 2011 /Published online: 12 August 2011# ISS 2011

Question

A 77-year-old woman developed right wrist swelling aftercatching her wrist in a falling rack of clothes. The patient

did not initially experience wrist pain, but developedmoderate to severe pain in the ensuing week, causing herto present to the emergency department (Figs. 1, 2). What isthe diagnosis?

Fig. 1 Oblique radiograph of the right wristFig. 2 Proton density fat-saturated T2-weighted MRI of the rightwrist in the sagittal plane

The diagnosis can be found at doi:10.1007/s00256-011-1229-9.

M. Morris : P. M. Murray (*) :M. KransdorfDepartment of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic,4500 San Pablo Road South,Jacksonville, FL 32224, USAe-mail: [email protected]

Skeletal Radiol (2012) 41:219DOI 10.1007/s00256-011-1235-y

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00256-011-1229-9

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