Welcome to this week’s Urgent Bite.  Today we look at the Pronator Quadratus Fat Pad Sign – an indicator of possible wrist fracture that is worth looking for on a lateral wrist radiograph.

Skeletal Radiology Article

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00256-012-1451-0

St Vincent’s University Hospital Radiology Department Webpage

http://www.svuhradiology.ie/case-study/pronator-quadratus-fat-pad-sign/

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