Document Type : Case Report

Author

• S.A Marashi

Associate professor

Abstract

Scaphocapitate syndrome is quite rare. It usually remain undiagnosed at first and is treated as a scaphoid fracture. This syndrome was first reported in 1937. Since then 14 more cases have been reported. Six types have been described with type 1 being the most common one. This is the first case reported from the department of orthopaedic surgery, Ahvaz university of medical sciences.

Keywords

• Scaphoid
• scaphocapitate
• perilunate
• dislocation
• syndrome
• fracture