A 56-Year-Old Man Comes to the Emergency Department Due to Persistent

question 197

Multiple Choice

A 56-year-old man comes to the emergency department due to persistent left wrist pain.  While walking his dog 5 hours ago, he fell forward onto the ground and landed on his outstretched hand.  Examination shows mild left wrist swelling with preserved range of motion.  There is point tenderness over the dorsolateral aspect of the wrist between the tendons of the extensor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis.  An x-ray of the left wrist is shown in the image below: This patient is at greatest risk for developing which of the following complications?

• A)Avascular necrosis
• B)Carpal tunnel syndrome
• C)Compartment syndrome
• D)Dupuytren contracture
• E)Guyon canal syndrome

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