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==Images==
==Images==
[[File:Pisiform_Fracture.jpg]]
[[File:Pisiform_Fracture.jpg]]
==See Also==
[[Wrist Fracture]]


==Source==
==Source==

Revisión del 23:15 7 mar 2012

Background

  • Occurs via fall onto hypothenar eminence
  • Must exclude injury to ulnar nerve/artery (pisiform forms bony wall of Guyon canal)

Clinical Features

  • Localized tenderness on the pisiform itself

Imaging

  • Obtain x-rays in partial supination or carpal tunnel view (removes overlap w/ triquetrum)

Management

  • Compression dressing or splint in 30 degrees of flexion w/ ulnar deviation

Images

Pisiform Fracture.jpg

See Also

Wrist Fracture

Source

  • Tintinalli