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Fall onto the wrist. Wrist deformity upon inspection.
Patient Data
Age: 65 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Smith fracture
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Wrist radiographs revealed an extra-articular fracture of the distal radius with volar displacement. This describes a Smith fracture.
There is an associated ulnar styloid fracture.
Case Discussion
Distal radius fractures are some of the most common fractures of the skeleton.
Many eponyms are used to describe common patterns of these fractures.
One of these eponyms is the Smith fracture, which describes an extra-articular distal metaphyseal fracture of the radius with volar displacement.