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Physiology & Medicine / Scaphoid bones
« on: 20/09/2004 09:55:16 »
Why is the Scaphoid bone so easy to brake but so hard to detect?
I am currently on my 9th brake / crack / fracture to one of my Scaphoid bones and I am awaiting a bone scan to confirm the fracture. Each time I brake it, if it does not show on the x-ray I am sent for a bone scan. The result always comes back as a positive brake from the scan so why does it not show on the x-ray? This time round I have also broken my Radius and Ulna which are both clear brakes on an x-ray, my Scaphoid which is suspected to be broken does not show on the x-ray, why?
Alex
I am currently on my 9th brake / crack / fracture to one of my Scaphoid bones and I am awaiting a bone scan to confirm the fracture. Each time I brake it, if it does not show on the x-ray I am sent for a bone scan. The result always comes back as a positive brake from the scan so why does it not show on the x-ray? This time round I have also broken my Radius and Ulna which are both clear brakes on an x-ray, my Scaphoid which is suspected to be broken does not show on the x-ray, why?
Alex