Trans-scaphoid perilunate dislocation

Case contributed by Ian Bickle
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Fall from a height onto an outstretched hand.

Patient Data

Age: 30 years
Gender: Male

Trans-scaphoid perilunate dislocation.

Case Discussion

An uncommon, but classical appearance of a trans-scaphoid perilunate dislocation.

Don't get caught out with it being a forearm not a wrist radiograph.

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