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. 2015:2015:345351.
doi: 10.1155/2015/345351. Epub 2015 Dec 9.

Osseous Scaphotrapezial Coalition

William M Weathers  1 , Susanna C Spence  1 , Nicholas M Beckmann  1
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Osseous Scaphotrapezial Coalition

William M Weathers et al. Case Rep Radiol. 2015.

Abstract

Osseous scaphotrapezial coalition is one of the rarest forms of carpal coalition of the hand. Often discovered incidentally, pain and functional limitation have not been reported. Carpal coalitions occurring across the carpal rows are thought to occur as a result of some insult or congenital anomaly. Isolated scaphotrapezial coalition calls into question the traditional thinking that fusion between the proximal and distal carpal rows must be acquired or associated with congenital syndromes.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Oblique radiograph of the left wrist in patient 1 demonstrates osseous carpal coalition of the scaphoid and trapezium.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Frontal radiograph of patient 2 demonstrates isolated osseous scaphotrapezial coalition.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Oblique radiograph of the wrist demonstrates isolated scaphotrapezial coalition.
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