Snapshot A 72-year-old woman trips and falls on her outstretched right hand. She experiences immediate pain and swelling over her right wrist. On exam, she has a dinner-fork deformity of the wrist and exquisite pain with passive motion. A radiograph is shown, which reveals a dorsally angulated distal radius fracture. Introduction Clinical definition login to view 4 more bullets Epidemiology Incidence login to view 1 more bullet Demographics login to view 9 more bullets Risk factors login to view 2 more bullets Etiology Fall on outstretched hand Pathoanatomy login to view 12 more bullets Associated conditions login to view 5 more bullets Presentation Symptoms login to view 2 more bullets Physical exam login to view 6 more bullets Imaging Radiography login to view 11 more bullets Computerized tomography (CT) scan login to view 5 more bullets Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan login to view 5 more bullets Differential Scaphoid fracture login to view 2 more bullets DRUJ dislocation login to view 1 more bullet Treatment Nonoperative login to view 3 more bullets Operative login to view 6 more bullets Complications Median nerve neuropathy login to view 1 more bullet Extensor pollicis longus rupture Malunion or nonunion Prognosis Favorable login to view 1 more bullet Negative login to view 4 more bullets