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Boxer fracture

Case contributed by Henry Knipe
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Punched wall.

Patient Data

Age: 25 years
Gender: Female
x-ray

Fracture through the neck of the fifth metacarpal with approximately 60 degrees of palmar angulation of the distal fracture fragment.    

Case Discussion

This injury is called a Boxer fracture

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