Diagnosaurus
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)
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Wrist Pain." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Medicine Central, im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114019/all/Wrist_pain.
Zeiger RFR. Wrist pain. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114019/all/Wrist_pain. Accessed November 3, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Wrist pain. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114019/all/Wrist_pain
Zeiger RFR. Wrist Pain [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 November 03]. Available from: https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114019/all/Wrist_pain.
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