CASE HISTORY
Playing volleyball hyperextended 6 weeks ago now with pain in the 1st MCP.
TECHNICAL FACTORS
Long- and short-axis fat- and water-weighted images were performed.
KEY IMAGES
This case has no key images.
CASE FINDINGS
- A grade 1 gamekeeper thumb is noted with a tear of the UCL whose separation dimension from the attachment is 2.3mm.
- No Stener-type lesion is identified.
- No macrofracture is identified.
- No entrapment or backfolding of the UCL is noted.
- The palmar plate is spared. The extensors are normal. The flexors are normal.
CASE CONCLUSION
Grade 1 gamekeeper thumb with 2.3mm of retraction.
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