Elongated ulnar styloid process

Case contributed by Heba Abdelmonem
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Trauma

Patient Data

Age: Adult
Gender: Female
x-ray

Long ulnar styloid process.

Case Discussion

An ulnar styloid more than 6 mm in length is described as being long. Impaction may result in compression of the proximal pole of the triquetral bone by the ulnar styloid tip.

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