title: Scaphocapitate syndrome in a child associated with a distal radius and ulna fracture.
abstract: A case is presented of scaphocapitate fracture syndrome associated with a Salter-Harris type II fracture of the distal radius and ulna occurring in an 11-year-old girl. The proximal fragment of the fractured capitate was rotated 180 degrees. The injury was treated by open reduction and internal fixation. One year after the injury, radiographs showed that fractures were united with no signs of avascular necrosis of the capitate. The patient had a full range of motion of the wrist, as well as full pronation and supination of the forearm. An awareness of this fracture entity is necessary to correctly diagnose this injury in a child.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mazur
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stevanovic
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Schnall
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hannani
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Zionts
mesh_terms: D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000503:physiopathology