PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Gleeson, A P AU - Brookes, C AU - Brydon, G TI - Scapholunate instability--a spectrum of pathology. AID - 10.1136/emj.13.3.216 DP - 1996 May 01 TA - Journal of Accident & Emergency Medicine PG - 216--219 VI - 13 IP - 3 4099 - http://emj.bmj.com/content/13/3/216.short 4100 - http://emj.bmj.com/content/13/3/216.full SO - Arch Emerg Med1996 May 01; 13 AB - Five cases of scapholunate instability are reported. The condition is commonly misdiagnosed in accident and emergency departments. The importance of a complete clinical assessment of the suspected scaphoid injury and the need to measure the scapholunate distance and the scapholunate angle on the radiographs is stressed.