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I went to the doctor and they said it could be a possible scaphoid fracture they just can't see it on an x-ray, but the pain keeps increasing and now my thumb went numb what does that mean?
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TOS: Person age/sex unknown had wrist trauma with residual pain and now "thumb numb", suggests occult navicular bone fracture, which generally only manifests on imaging studies 10 or so days after the original trauma. Consultation with an hand specialist is indicated; sooner than later. My comments below are inappropriate in that I initially thought that scapula was involved. Indeed, navicular bone is.
Answered 10/17/2015
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