Carpal coalition
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
- Congenital coalition of carpal bones is a common anomaly that is usually discovered on imaging obtained for unrelated reasons.
- The lunate and triquetrum are most likely to show such coalition. [1] [2]
- It is reported twice as frequently in women.
- It may occur as an isolated entity or as part of a syndrome and may show a familial pattern.
- It is caused by a failure of separation or segmentation of the carpal bones.
Diagnostic Findings
- Carpal bone fusion
MRI demonstrates lunatriquetral coalition
References
- ↑ VM Metz, SM Schimmerl, LA Gilula, SF Viegas, and P Saffar. Wide scapholunate joint space in lunotriquetral coalition: a normal variant? Radiology 1993 188: 557-559.
- ↑ Resnik, CS, Grizzard, JD, Simmons, BP, Yaghmai, I. Incomplete carpal coalition. Am. J. Roentgenol. 1986 147: 301-304
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