title: Unilateral congenital absence of the lunate and scaphoid.
abstract: We report a patient with unilateral absence of the scaphoid and lunate bone of the wrist. Remarkably he had severe osteoarthritis in several other joints.
authors.affiliation: Departement of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Leuven, Belgium. luc.desmet@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Smet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D012667:Lunate Bone / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000150:complications; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011859:Radiography; D021361:Scaphoid Bone / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014953:Wrist / Q000503:physiopathology