Colles fracture

Case contributed by Rodolfo Antonio Perez Mackenzie
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Fall on an outstretched right hand with edema at the wrist.

Patient Data

Age: 60 years
Gender: Female
x-ray

Extra-articular transverse fracture of the distal radius with dorsal angulation, ulnar styloid fracture and soft tissue edema.

Case Discussion

Xrays demostrate distal radial fracture extra-articular with dorsal angulation.  An associated with ulnar styloid fracture.

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