4th and 5th metacarpal neck fracture
Diagnosis certain
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4th and 5th metacarpal headneck fractures after punching somebody. This fracture is unimaginatively called a boxer's fracture because it almost exclusively occurs following a punch.
-<p>4th and 5th metacarpal head fractures after punching somebody.</p>- +<p>4th and 5th metacarpal neck fractures after punching somebody. This fracture is unimaginatively called a boxer's fracture because it almost exclusively occurs following a punch.</p>
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Pain to the lateral border of the hand following an altercation outside a pub while drunk.
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FracturedFractures of the 4th and 5th metacarpal headshead-neck junction.
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