Case: Upper limb radiograph #56633823
Upper limb Beginner
Read this radiograph systematically before revealing the answer. What is the main abnormality?
Image: Lucien Monfils via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized and converted to WebP
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Answer: Distal radius fracture
What to look for in distal radius fracture
- Distal radius fracture with dorsal angulation.
Description by the image author (may be in another language): Colles' Fracture of the distal radius. This is an edited version of the source image made for use in the "Anatomist" iOS and Android app and shared here under the terms of the source image's Share Alike Creative Commons license.
Educational case. The diagnosis comes from the image's documented source; the "what to look for" list describes the condition in general and is not a report of this individual image.
