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Try Not to Overthink This Wrist Pain Case

Published on Fri Sep 25, 2026

Question: A 34-year-old patient presented to the radiology practice after falling on an outstretched hand. The patient was experiencing radial wrist pain and anatomic snuffbox tenderness. The radiologist captured posteroanterior (PA), lateral, oblique, and dedicated scaphoid X-ray views of the left wrist. The impression states no definitive acute fracture on the radiographs, and given the snuffbox tenderness, occult scaphoid fracture [...]
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