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Bennett's fracture

Case contributed by Jeremy Jones
Diagnosis certain
x-ray

Minimally displaced intra-articular (two-fragment) fracture of the base of the 1st metacarpal. 

Case Discussion

An intra-articular fracture at the base of the thumb metacarpal is called a Bennett's fracture.

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