title: Your diagnosis? Scaphoid fracture.
abstract: Fractures of the scaphoid are the most common carpal bone fracture. With careful management, prognosis is excellent. Imaging is critical, not only for early diagnosis, but also for monitoring patients after initial treatment to detect unstable fractures, the common complications of nonunion and avascular necrosis, and the need for surgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.
authors.forename: Anupam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: Laurie M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Lomasney
authors.forename: Terrence C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Demos
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bednar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000209:etiology; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D021361:Scaphoid Bone / Q000293:injuries*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology