1. Radiographically Occult Symptomatic Lunotriquetral Coalition in a Child
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Arthur B. Meyers, Monica Epelman, and Ravi V Patel
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musculoskeletal diseases ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Radiography ,lunotriquetral coalition ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Wrist ,Pediatrics ,Asymptomatic ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Carpal coalition ,carpal coalition ,General Engineering ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,musculoskeletal system ,Occult ,body regions ,stomatognathic diseases ,Orthopedics ,pediatric ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Radiology ,medicine.symptom ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Carpal coalitions are congenital segmentation anomalies with an abnormal union of one or more carpal bones. They can be broadly classified as osseous or non-osseous and as partial or complete. Lunotriquetral coalitions are the most common type of carpal coalition and are typically asymptomatic and detected incidentally. However, there are several case reports and small case series reporting symptomatic non-osseous lunotriquetral coalitions, which show findings on radiographs. This is a report of a case of a child with a symptomatic non-osseous lunotriquetral coalition which was undetected on initial radiographs but diagnosed on a subsequent wrist magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
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- 2019
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