daily question A little more on the wrist

[Scott Rand]

A 27 year old white male complains of pain and numbness in his palm and 4th and 5th fingers after his recent karate tournament.  There is a tender mass in his hypothenar area and an abnormal Allen’s test.  You suspect damage to which of the following structures?

A.      Thrombosis of ulnar artery

B.      Thrombosis of radial artery

C.      Thrombosis of median artery

D.      Thrombosis of common palmar digital artery

 

Scott E Rand, MD  FAAFP CAQSM

Director, Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship

Co Director of Sports Medicine, Houston Methodist Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Willowbrook

Assistant Professor of Clinical Family Medicine  Houston Methodist Academic Institute

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Texas A&M University

Assistant Professor of Family Medicine in Clinical Medicine  Weill Cornell Medical College.

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Houston, TX  77070