Boxer fracture

Case contributed by Mohammad Osama Hussein Yonso
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Pain on the right hand Accidentally hit by a steel door. (+) tenderness, dorsum (5th metacarpal area), (-) open wound. Non-work related injury

Patient Data

Age: 25 years
Gender: Male
x-ray

Fracture in the neck of the right 5th metacarpal bone ( Boxer fracture)

Case Discussion

This type of fracture very common among boxing fighters. 

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