Practice Management
A 35-year-old male presents to urgent care complaining of pain over the metacarpal of the little finger after punching a wall in his home for reasons he chose not to explain. On exam, pain is evident with palpation at the base of the metacarpal. You note there is a deformity over the 5th metacarpal bone. The neurovascular status is intact. View the images taken and consider your next steps, along with possible diagnoses.
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A 51-year-old male presents to urgent care with wrist pain after stumbling while walking his dog. He recalls landing on his outstretched arm. On exam, there is pain with palpation, and decreased range of motion of the distal wrist. Neurovascular status is intact, and there are no breaks in the skin. View the image taken and consider your next steps, along with possible diagnoses.
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A 62-year-old woman presents with left wrist pain that began after she fell onto her outstretched left hand earlier in the morning while walking her dog. She has wrist pain throughout the range of motion, as well as some pain in her hand. She sustained no injuries to her head or neck, and she has no head pain, neck pain, chest pain, or shortness of breath.
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