Occult capitate fracture through a bone island – SPECT/CT arthrography imaging

An unusual variant of fracture through the capitate bone--a case report.

Stress fracture of the capitate.

Stress fracture of the capitate reports A 42-year-old male physical exercise teacher presented to his general practitioner (GP) with a 4-month history of bilateral wrist pain. He was unable to recall any specific episode of trauma, but the nature of his work as a gymnastics teacher required repeated dorsiflexion of both wrists. The pain was enough to keep him awake at night and he had developed...

Scapho-capitate fracture syndrome. A case report.

A rare injury of the wrist, scapho-capitate fracture syndrome, in a young patient is reported. Despite early recognition of the injury and surgical intervention, the scaphoid fracture did not unite and another attempt to achieve union with bone grafting and internal fixation also failed. The wrist continued to be painful and stiff. Radiographs of the wrist, 18 months after the injury, showed no...

The naviculo-capitate fracture syndrome.

A fracture syndrome, referred to in this paper as tire “naviculo-capitate fracture syndrome “, has tw’ice been encountered by the author: once in 1950, in a patient reported as having a fracture of the capitate , and once recently in a patient seen at the United States Arniy Hospital at Font Bragg. In both instances the lesion posed a pu’oblerrr in (liagnosis and treatment. The identical patter...

Oblique capitate fracture of the wrist.

Capitate fractures, which usually occur at the head or neck, interrupt the intraosseous circulation to the proximal fragment, creating risks of fracture nonunion and avascular necrosis. Kirschner wire and screw fixation are successful in the treatment of these rare but serious injuries.