Presentation
The chief complaint is a pain in the left thumb finger for days due to trauma with a hammer in the workplace, on clinical examination: swelling and tenderness in the left thumb.
Patient Data
Age: 35 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Phalangeal fracture
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On frontal view, a non-displaced comminuted fracture of the proximal phalanx of the left thumb.
Case Discussion
As we see the lateral view does not show significant findings, but the AP view shows a non-displaced comminuted fracture of the proximal phalanx of the thumb
Almost all closed thumb fractures can be immobilised in a thumb spica splint in plaster or fiberglass and followed up in the clinic.