Medical Mystery: Can you solve the case?

Abstract

This interactive Medical Mystery feature presents two clinical cases designed to challenge readers to integrate patient history, physical examination findings, and diagnostic imaging. The first case focuses on acute wrist trauma after a fall on an outstretched hand, while the second examines postoperative respiratory distress in an older patient with underlying COPD. Readers are asked to evaluate the clinical and radiographic findings and select the most appropriate next step or diagnosis.