Change: was soprovides valuablesome thatuseful Ibackground haveinformation quotedon the entireTerry Thomas passage.sign. "The most common widened carpal joint space is that of the scapholunate. Nicknamed the "Terry-Thomas sign"   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1064)

Change: of Carpal Instability Ben Miller July 2005TreatmentThis is a PA wrist image (? in fibreglass cast) with two K wires stabilising a scapholunate ligament tearLateral image of sameCase 1 The Terry Thomas sign (black arrow) refers to the increased   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1092)

Change: The AP clenched fist is unconventional. It may have some advantage over the PA projection in demonstrating carpal joints but suffers the disadvantage of lack of comparability with the standard PA wrist image.Terry Thomas sign noted.Neutral PositionClenched FistThis patient was refered from   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1042)

Change: The is an AP view of the same wrist is AP projection. Note the improved visualisation of the intercarpal spaces. This is somewhat of an unfair comparison given that the AP projection is with a clenched fist. Note the appearance of the ulnar styloid compared to the PA projection image.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1001)

Change: William Geissler Wrist Arthroscopy, 2005Neutral PositionClenched FistThis patient was refered from orthopedic clinic for assessment of the scapholunate ligament. This is a PA image which does not demonstrate any clear increase in the scapholunate distance.This is a clenched fist PA   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 924)

Change: The PA Clenched Fist View - used to evaluate widening of scapholunate interval; - clenching first draws capitate proximally & emphasizes any widening of scapho-lunate interval; - should get companion views of the opposite side for comparison; - best taken: w/ supinated clenched fist view w/ wrist in ulnar deviation   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 915)

Change: demonstratessuggests a widened scapholunate distance.Case 1 The Terry Thomas sign (black arrow) refers to the increased distance between the scaphoid and the lunate. This sign can indicate a rupture of the scapho-lunate ligament. The origins of the term should be discernible from this photograph of Terry ThomasThe   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 910)

Change:  from orthopedic clinic for assessment of the scapholunate ligament. This is a PA image which does not demonstrate any clear increase in the scapholunate distance.This is a clenched fist PA wrist image which demonstrates a widened scapholunate distance.Case 1 The Terry Thomas sign (black arrow)   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 910)

Change:  history.There is widening of the scapholunate distance suggesting a rupture of the scapholunate ligament (arrowed). Evidence of degenerative disease.There is a faintly visualised corticated ossicle overlying the dorsum of the wrist (arrowed) This may represent an old avulsion fracture.... back to the Applied Radiography home page   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 633)

Change: The other sign is the pronator quadratus soft tissue sign (white arrow). This is a bowing of the facial covering of the pronator quadratus muscle and indicates significant injury to the wrist and a higher chance of bony injury.(more information on the pronator quadratus sign at http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/reprint/244/3/927.pdf)...   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 658)