5th carpometacarpal joint dislocation
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An example of 5th carpometacarpal joint dislocation. This injury is often missed by the inexperienced reader which is why carpometacarpal CMC joint alignment is an important check area when assessing hand and wrist radiographs.
The 5th metacarpal baseCMC joint space should normally be seen articulating directly withon the hamate on AP radiographsprojection as a thin space between the metacarpal base and the hamate, or sometimes there may be slight overlap of the bones. OnThere should never be a large degree of bony overlap and certainly the metacarpal base should not be seen anywhere near the triquetral as in this case. On a normal lateral projection the metacarpal bases should largely overlap one another, without any one base significantly offset compared to the others.
-<p>An example 5th <a title="Carpometacarpal joint dislocation" href="/articles/carpometacarpal-joint-dislocation">carpometacarpal joint dislocation</a>. This injury is often missed by the inexperienced reader which is why carpometacarpal joint alignment is an important check area when assessing hand and wrist radiographs. The 5th metacarpal base should normally be seen articulating directly with the hamate on AP radiographs. On a normal lateral projection the metacarpal bases should largely overlap one another. </p>- +<p>An example of 5th <a href="/articles/carpometacarpal-joint-dislocation">carpometacarpal joint dislocation</a>. This injury is often missed by the inexperienced reader which is why CMC joint alignment is an important check area when assessing hand and wrist radiographs.</p><p>The 5th CMC joint space should normally be seen on the AP projection as a thin space between the metacarpal base and the hamate, or sometimes there may be slight overlap of the bones. There should never be a large degree of bony overlap and certainly the metacarpal base should not be seen anywhere near the triquetral as in this case. On a normal lateral projection the metacarpal bases should largely overlap one another, without any one base significantly offset compared to the others. </p>
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