Boxer fracture

Case contributed by Bahman Rasuli
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Trauma.

Patient Data

Age: 40 years
Gender: Male
x-ray
Frontal
Oblique
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A fracture through the neck of the fifth metacarpal with palmar angulation and without the involvement of the joint (Boxer fracture). 

Case Discussion

Typical appearance and presentation of a Boxer fracture

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