Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1961;43:392-394.
© 1961 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
The Hunchback Carpal Bone
Paul H. Curtiss Jr. M.D.1
1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland
Recognition of an os styloideum may prevent the embarrassment of its being mistaken for a more serious entity, such as fracture or tumor. In symptomatic cases, surgical removal of the prominence may be done, although the reports as to the lasting value of this are conflicting.