anatomical snuffbox

(Anatomy) the triangular depression on the back of the hand between the thumb and the index finger

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For patients presenting with wrist pain after trauma to the wrists, assess anatomical snuffbox tenderness and obtain x-rays.

THE PATIENT: 12-year-old girl: SIGNS & SYMPTONS: Bilateral wrist pain: Limited range of motion: Tenderness to palpation

The RCE muscle tendons at the distal third level of the forearm were found under the muscle fibers of the abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis, and distally to the retinaculum of the extensor muscles under the extensor pollicis longus muscle tendon, forming part of the dorsoulnar corner of the anatomical snuffbox in 100 % of the samples in the case of the ECRL muscle tendon, and in 26.7 % (8 of 30 samples) in the case of the ECRB muscle tendon.

Morphology and Morphometry of the Tendons of the Palmaris Longus and Radial Carpal Extensor Muscles in Humans/ Morfologia y Morfometria de los Tendones de los Musculos Palmar Largo y Extensores Radiales del Carpo en el Hombre

On physical examination, there was tenderness in the anatomical snuffbox and a painful range of motion of the wrist.

The Role of Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI in a Child with Sport-Induced Avascular Necrosis of the Scaphoid: A Case Report and Literature Review

On examination there was no obvious swelling or deformity and no anatomical snuffbox tenderness.

Trapezoid stress fracture in an international shot-putter: a case report

Pointers to a suspected scaphoid fracture are extreme tenderness over the anatomical snuffbox. Tenderness in this area points to a scaphoid waist fracture.