Terry Thomas sign

a gap between the scaphoid and the lunate bones suggesting a rupture of the scapho-lunate ligament

  • seen on x-ray, CT and MRI of the wrist
  • Terry Thomas was a British actor whose career was most active in the sixties.
  • the reference is to the prominant gap between his front teeth
  • many radiologists have taken to calling it the "David Letterman" sign for similar reasons
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    2002-04-18