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The patient is a 13-year-old male who presented to urgent care after taking a fall while running; he landed on his outstretched left hand. Upon examination, you find tenderness in the snuff box and observe swelling around the wrist.
View the x-ray taken (Figure 1) and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.
Clinical Challenge 2: May 2007
Nahum Kovalski, BSc, MDCM
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