Wrist pain

DDx

• Sprain
• Area of first CMC joint: osteoarthritis, DeQuervain’s tenosynovitis, scaphoid fracture (snuffbox pain)
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Pronator teres syndrome (median nerve entrapment at level of pronator teres)
• Lunate fracture or dislocation
• Colles (distal radius) fracture
• Triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) injury
• Arthritis, eg, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, reactive arthritis (Reiter’s syndrome), psoriatic arthritis, gout or pseudogout, septic arthritis
• Dorsal ganglion (may be ventral)
• Superficial radial neuropathy (cheiralgia paresthetica or handcuff neuropathy)