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{{Musculoskeletal problems of the wrist and hand}}
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==Classification==
=== Traumatic Injury ===

* '''Fracture'''
** Immediate severe pain and swelling
** Colle’s fracture
*** Fracture of distal radius; most common, easily seen on X-ray
** [[Scaphoid]] Fracture
*** May require special X-ray views to visualize
* '''Ligament Rupture or Tear'''
* '''Tendon Injury'''

=== Nontraumatic ===
* '''Inflammatory Arthritis'''
** Septic, crystal-induced, [[rheumatoid arthritis]] (RA)
** Pain with movement of wrist through its range of motion
** [[Synovitis]] with swelling in setting of inflammatory entities 
* '''Osteoarthritis'''  
** Rarely involves wrist except for carpometacarpal (CMC) joint at base of thumb
* '''Osteonecrosis (avascular)'''
** Localized pain interfering with hand/wrist function
* '''Entrapment Syndromes'''
** Wrist pain radiating into hand or forearm, +/- sensory or motor deficits
** [[Carpal tunnel syndrome]]
** Ulnar or interosseous nerve entrapment
* '''Tenosynovitis'''
* '''Ganglion Cyst''' 
* '''Referred Pain from Cervical-Spine/Shoulder'''
** Pain in absence of local findings
** Symptoms worsened by neck/shoulder movement

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