Weekly Case

Title : Case 89

Age / Sex : 27 / M



Age / Sex : 27/M


 


Chief complaint : Both wirst pain for 1 month


 


History : No recent trauma history.


  Symptom developed after heavy lift job


               Dancing group in high school







1) What is your impression?

Two weeks later, you can see the final diagnosis with a brief discussion of this case.

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Courtesy : Sung Moon Lee, MD.,
Keimyung University


Diagnosis:

bipartite scaphoid



Discussion



Question : Bilateral scaphoid fracture  or Normal variation ?





Findings:


             Bilateral fragmentation of scaphoid


             Clear surrounding cortex


 



Diagnosis:  Bipartite scaphoid






Discussion:


 






Tröll (1926)



Cartilage surface between two fragments


 


 


Bipartite scaphoid does not arise from two centers of ossification as an anomaly of development, but only as the result of injuries


 

 

Piersol (1907)



True bipartite scaphoid does occur, though rarely


 


Jordan (1926)



Three possible methods


 


Persist enlarged sesamoid bone on the radial side of carpus


 


Persistence and progressive development of the primordium of an os centrale, a carpal bone of the manus of submammalian forms, represented by a discrete cartilage in human fetus, which normally disappears


 


Most probably, tow centers of ossification and failure of normal union


 

 

Faulkner DM (1928)


 


Bipartite scaphoid, with cartilaginous surface between the fragments, does occur


 


Abnormal joint maybe the seat of arthritis


 


Knowledge of this anomalous development of scaphoid is important to both radiologist and surgeon.

 



Correct Answer
Name Institution
Total Applicants (12)
Correct Answer (4)
김완태: 서울보훈병원
박상현: 순천향대학천안병원(전공의)
오경진: 충남대학교병원(전공의)
최희석: 동국대학교 일산 병원(전공의)
Semicorrect Answer (1)
박소영: 분당서울대병원

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