- Etiology: trauma
- Radiograph: radiographs cannot exclude acute scaphoid fracture so if symptoms persist get followup to look for signs of healing
- MRI: can confirm or exclude acute fracture
- DDX:
- Complications: nonunion – usually of waist fractures, osteonecrosis of proximal pole
- Treatment:
- Clinical: scaphoid is most common carpal bone fracture
Radiology Cases of Scaphoid Fracture
