Hand patholog186-192 Word Scramble
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Colles' fracture | transverse fracture of distal radius with an POSTERIOR displacement of the distal fragment, caused by FOOSH, common for elderly |
Smith's fracture | (reverse Colles') transverse fracture of distal radius with an ANTERIOR displacement of the distal fragment, caused by fall on back of hand |
greenstick fracture | incomplete fracture, similar to partial breaking of a young tree limb |
ganglion cyst | benign tumor mass (usually seen as a bump on the dorsal surface of the wrist) |
carpal tunnel syndrome | numbness and tingling of the hand caused by compression of the median nerve |
De Quervain's disease | pain on radial side of wrist caused by inflammation and thickening of sheath containing the extensor pollicis brevis & abductor pollicis longus |
Dupuytren's contracture | palmar aponereurosis undergoes a nodular thickening |
stenosing tenosynovitis | aka: trigger finger, a nodule or swelling of a tendon or sheath lining develops and prevents the tendon from sliding back to extension after finger flexion |
skier's thumb | acute tear of ulnar collateral ligament of thumb |
gamekeeper's thumb | stretching injury of ulnar collateral ligament |
swan neck deformity | flexion of MCP joint, hyperextension of PIP joint, flexion of DIP joint |
boutonnieren deformity | extension of MCP joint, flexion of PIP joint, extension of DIP joint |
ulnar drift | ulnar deviation of fingers at MCP joints |
mallet finger | distal phalanx remains flexed due to disruption of extensor mechanism (either from severed tendon or avulsion) |
scaphoid fracture | most frequently injured carpal bone (usually due to a FOOSH of a younger person){high incidence of avascular necrosis} |
Kienbock's disease | necrosis of lunate developed after trauma |
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