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​Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Wrist Pain
MECHANICAL
• Osteoarthritis
• Ligament tear
• Fracture
• Ganglion
• de Quervain’s tenosynovitis
• Avascular necrosis (scaphoid, lunate)
• Nonunion of scaphoid or lunate
• Neoplasm
METABOLIC
• Pregnancy
• Diabetes
• Gout
• Pseudogout
• Paget’s disease
• Acromegaly
• Hypothyroidism
• Hyperparathyroidism
INFECTIOUS
• Osteomyelitis
• Septic arthritis
• Cat-scratch disease
• Tick bite (Lyme disease, babesiosis)
• Tuberculosis
NEUROLOGIC
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Nerve injury (median, ulnar, radial nerve)
• Thoracic outlet compression syndrome
• Distal posterior interosseous nerve syndrome
RHEUMATOLOGIC
• Psoriasis
• RA
• SLE, mixed connective tissue disorder (MCTD)
• Scleroderma
MISCELLANEOUS
• Granulomatous (sarcoidosis)
• Amyloidosis
• Multiple myeloma
• Leukemia
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