Congenital absence of carpal scaphoid.

Congenital hypoplasia of the carpal scaphoid bone.

Three cases of absence of the carpal scaphoid bone have previously been reported in this country (Hodgson 1943, Hanley and Conlon 1957). All three had similar deformities, namely absence or hypoplasia of the carpal scaphoid bone, associated with retardation in the development of the first metacarpal bone, the styloid process of the radius and thenar muscles. While agreeing with these authors th...

Isolated carpal scaphoid dislocation.

Isolated carpal scaphoid dislocations are rare. Because of this, treatment strategies can be conflicting and vague. The current authors present a case of isolated scaphoid dislocation that was treated initially with closed reduction and percutaneous pinning. Failure of this index treatment necessitated open reduction and internal fixation providing an adequate short-term outcome. Current treatm...

[Unilateral congenital absence of the carpal scaphoid associated with dysplasia of the capitate. Presentation of a case].

We report on a case of aplasia or unilateral congenital absence of the carpal scaphoid associated with dysplasia of the capitate. Congenital absence of the carpal scaphoid is a rare but well-documented condition. As far as we know, the present case is the seventh one reported in the medical literature. Imaging studies (X-ray and MRI) confirmed the absence of the carpal scaphoid associated with ...

Fracture of the Carpal Scaphoid

Carpal Box radiography in suspected scaphoid fracture.

We have assessed the value of using a simple apparatus,the Carpal Box, in patients with suspected scaphoid fracture, to produce elongated and magnified radiographs of the carpus. The interobserver agreement between 60 observers of standard scaphoid radiographs and longitudinal and transverse Carpal Box radiographs (X-CB) was compared in 11 patients. Three-phase bone scanning was used as a compa...