Terry-Thomas sign
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title:
Terry-Thomas sign
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In radiology, the Terry-Thomas sign is a scapholunate ligament dissociation on an anteroposterior view of the wrist. Most commonly a result of a fall on the outstretched hand (FOOSH), the scapholunate ligament ruptures resulting in separation of the lunate and scaphoid bones. This burst causes the scaphoid bone to dorsally rotate. A gap of more than 3mm is pathognomonic for scapholunate dissociation. The resulting separation between the scaphoid and lunate bones leaves a space on the x-ray that
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Medical condition
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry-Thomas_sign
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2023-02-26T23:02:44Z
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