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Case Reports
. 2017 Nov;11(3):45-46.
doi: 10.5704/MOJ.1711.002.

Dorsal Luno-capitate Impingement in a Professional Tennis Player: A Case Report

A Afshar  1 , A Tabrizi  1
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Dorsal Luno-capitate Impingement in a Professional Tennis Player: A Case Report

A Afshar et al. Malays Orthop J. 2017 Nov.

Abstract

A 30-year old male right handed professional tennis player complained about reduced athletic performance, chronic pain and restricted extension of his right wrist. Lateral radiograph of the right wrist demonstrated an osteophyte projecting from the dorsal lip of the lunate bone. The presence of an osteophyte on the lateral radiograph of the lunate along with the history, clinical examination, intra-operative findings, and post-operative satisfactory result made the diagnosis of dorsal luno-capitate impingement syndrome reasonable.

Keywords: chronic wrist pain; dorsal luno-capitate impingement syndrome; dorsal wrist impingement syndrome; impingement in athletes; lunate exostosis.

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Fig. 1:
Fig. 1:
The arrow on the lateral radiograph of the right wrist indicates an osteophyte projected from the dorsal lip of the lunate bone.
Fig. 2:
Fig. 2:
Clinical photograph showing osteophyte in the dorsal lip of the lunate, which was then debrided.
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