Greenstick fracture - finger

Case contributed by Henry Knipe
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Hyperflexion injury to 5th finger

Patient Data

Age: 11 years
Gender: Female
x-ray

Greenstick fracture of the 5th finger proximal phalangeal neck with mild palmar angulation. No findings of fracture elsewhere. No dislocation.

Case Discussion

Greenstick fractures are type of incomplete fractures where only one cortex is fractured and the other is intact (although may be buckled). There are most common in the distal radius.

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