Pseudo-Bennett fracture

Case contributed by Suraindra Mark Rajadurai
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Injury during martial arts training

Patient Data

Age: 25 years
Gender: Male
x-ray

Minimally displaced transverse fracture of the base of the first metacarpal.  No intra-articular extension.

Old non-united ulnar styloid fracture. 

Case Discussion

An example of a pseudo-Bennett (or epibasal) fracture of the thumb, which in distinction from Bennett or Rolando fractures does not have intra-articular extension. 

They usually arise from longitudinal axial loading and are classically stable and often do not require operative intervention. 

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