anne
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A four-year-old girl is running and playing with her six-year-old sister when she trips over her shoe lace and falls onto her outstretched hand. She suffers only some minor cuts and bruises. In the next hour, she complains of pain at her wrist and hands. Two days later, she complains of tingling in her right thumb and her mother notices that she does not use her right thumb as frequently as she did before. Which of the following wrist bones is likely the cause of these symptoms?
A. Femur
B. Lunate
C. Pisiform
D. Radius
E. Scaphoid
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| usmleasr
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B??
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| anne
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yes,u r right.the answer in lunate though i had thought of scaphoid bec i had heard thats the most commonly fractured carpal bone.how will we differentiate between injury to scaphoid or lunate?
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| usmleasr
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scaphoid is common carpal to fracture..lunate for dislocation....in to carpal tunnel which will cause the symptoms u told....by comp of median nerve :idea:
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| anne
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thanx--
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| asmi
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yes..if carpal tunnel symptoms given ( median nerve )..always think about lunate .
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