Thumb proximal phalanx fracture - Salter Harris type II

Case contributed by Bahman Rasuli
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Trauma.

Patient Data

Age: 11 years
Gender: Male

There is a fracture of the proximal metaphysis of the thumb proximal phalanx, seen as a buckling of the cortex with volar angulation.

Case Discussion

 Salter-Harris type II fracture of the thumb proximal phalanx proximal metaphysis.

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