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Research Article| Volume 13, ISSUE 4, P622-626, July 1988

Fracture of the dorsoulnar tubercle of the trapezium

  • Anthony C. Griffin
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    From the Department of Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology; Department of Surgery; Division of Plastic Surgery, and Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo., USA
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  • Louis A. Gilula
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    Reprint requests: Louis A. Gilula, MD, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63110.
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    From the Department of Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology; Department of Surgery; Division of Plastic Surgery, and Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo., USA
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  • V. Leroy Young
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    From the Department of Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology; Department of Surgery; Division of Plastic Surgery, and Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo., USA
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  • William B. Strecker
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    From the Department of Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology; Department of Surgery; Division of Plastic Surgery, and Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo., USA
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  • Paul M. Weeks
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    From the Department of Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology; Department of Surgery; Division of Plastic Surgery, and Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo., USA
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0363-5023(88)80110-2
Fracture of the dorsoulnar tubercle of the trapezium
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      The dorsoulnar tubercle of the trapezium may fracture, and this fracture may be missed without precise physical examination and correct radiographic studies. If there is persistent localized pain and tenderness in this region and the results of routine wrist radiographic examination are normal, a bone scan should be performed. If there is localized uptake in the area of the trapezium, additional radiographic studies may be necessary to confirm or exclude this fracture. Four patients with this previously unreported fracture and a method for its detection are presented.
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      Publication history

      Accepted: October 23, 1987
      Received: August 7, 1987

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      *No benefits in any form have been received or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0363-5023(88)80110-2

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      © 1988 American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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