Point-of-care ultrasound detection of acute scaphoid fracture.
In cases of traumatic wrist pain, emergency physicians must maintain a high index of suspicion for scaphoid fractures due to their potential for serious complications. A growing body of literature supports the use of point-of-care ultrasonography by emergency physicians in the evaluation of potential fractures. We report a case of a pediatric scaphoid fracture that was initially not visualized on x-ray and was subsequently detected using point-of-care ultrasound in the ED.
From the *Division of Emergency Ultrasound, Department of Emergency Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; and †College of Osteopathic Medicine, Touro University-California, Vallejo, CA.
Mark O
MO
Tessaro
Terrance R
TR
McGovern
Eitan
E
Dickman
Lawrence E
LE
Haines
D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D021361:Scaphoid Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*