Galeazzi fracture

Case contributed by Pir Abdul Ahad Aziz Qureshi
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

History of a fall.

Patient Data

Age: 25 years
Gender: Male
x-ray

Fracture at the junction of middle and distal 1/3rd of the radial shaft, with volar angulation of the distal fracture fragment and mild forshortening of the radius. There is also dislocation of distal radioulnar joint.

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