Chondromyxoid fibroma is a rare benign cartilage-forming tumor, counting for 0.5% of all primary bone tumors . The development of Chondromyxoid fibroma in the carpal bones is extremely rare. This article describes a rare case report of Chondromyxoid Fibroma in Scaphoid bone of a 15 year male. To our knowledge, this is the first report of Chondromyxoid fibroma in Scaphoid. The rarity of the lesi...

Background Multicentric carpotarsal osteolysis (MCTO), a skeletal dysplasia presents in early childhood mimicking juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Recognition of this syndrome is essential to avoid unnecessary treatment with immunosuppressive agents because of different course and treatment. Case Report A 3-year-old boy presented with swelling and restriction of right wrist joint and left ...

Isolated scaphoid dislocations are extremely rare injuries and are commonly associated with significant ligamentous disruptions. A dorsiflexion-supination force upon the hand consists the commonest mechanism of injury. Different treatment options have been proposed for the management of this uncommon entity, ranging from conservative treatment with closed reduction and casting to a wide range o...

The title of this Clinical Perspective has been borrowed from a song by Paul McCartney, a song that emphasizes the difficulties of reaching one’s dreams. If I choose that title, it is because it describes quite well my own experience as wrist investigator. Truly, my struggling to understand carpal mechanics has been like a long and winding road; an exciting road, indeed, but one not devoid of u...

To cite: Garingarao CJP, Sandoval MAS. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013200853 DESCRIPTION A 49-year-old woman with poorly-controlled diabetes was admitted with gangrene of the right foot. A routine preoperative evaluation revealed upper limb discrepancy with the right arm shorter by ∼2 cm than the left; the area of the wrist is thickened with a...

BACKGROUND Idiopathic ulnar impaction syndrome can be defined as a degenerative condition of the ulnar aspect of the wrist in patients with congenital or dynamic positive ulnar variance without a history of fracture or premature physeal arrest. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical features of idiopathic ulnar impaction syndrome and the outcomes of ulnar shortening osteotomy fo...

Somewhere along the way from early dinosaurs to birds, wrists changed so much that we could be excused for thinking birds don’t even have them. Wrists went from straight to bent and hyperflexible, allowing birds to fold their wings neatly against their bodies when not flying. Underlying this change is a drop in the number of wrist bones from nine to just four. Paleontology and embryology tell d...

INTRODUCTION The objective of this study was to assess three-dimensional bone geometry and density at the epiphysis and shaft of the third meta-carpal bone of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in comparison to healthy controls with the novel method of peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT). METHODS PQCT scans were performed in 50 female RA patients and 100 healthy female controls...