Capitolunate angle

Last revised by Andrew Murphy on 8 Feb 2022

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Citation:

Weerakkody Y, Murphy A, Bell D, et al. Capitolunate angle. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 01 Dec 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-34926

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-34926

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/34926

rID:

34926

Article created:

15 Mar 2015, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

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Last revised:

8 Feb 2022, Andrew Murphy ◉

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Systems:

Musculoskeletal

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Approach

Synonyms:

Capitolunate angles
Capito-lunate angle

The capitolunate angle is the angle between the long axis of the capitate and the mid axis of the lunate on the sagittal imaging of the wrist. In a normal situation it should be less than 30° in the resting (neutral) position.

The angle is increased in carpal instability such as with a dorsal intercalated segment instability and v olar intercalated segment instability. The scapholunate angle is used to differentiate between the two.