A 56-Year-Old Man Visits the Emergency Room with Recurrent Left

A 56-year-old man visits the emergency room with recurrent left wrist discomfort. He slid forward onto the ground and landed on his outstretched hand while walking his dog 5 hours ago. The examination reveals modest edema of the left wrist with intact range of motion. There is dorsolateral wrist discomfort between the tendons of the extensor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis. The picture below depicts an x-ray of the left wrist: This patient is at greatest risk for developing which of the following complications?

A) Avascular necrosis
B) Carpal tunnel syndrome
C) Compartment syndrome
D) Dupuytren contracture
E) Guyon canal syndrome

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