2015Global Journal of SurgeryOpen access

Boxer Fracture: An Unusual Presentation

Obaid Al-Meshal, Doaa F. Andejani

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Abstract

We describe a very unusual presentation of the so called boxer fracture. We present a young patient who had a marked volar displacement, proximal migration and flipping of his subcapital metacarpal fracture of the little finger that was managed surgically. This case report illustrates this rather rare presentation.

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We describe a very unusual presentation of the so called boxer fracture. We present a young patient who had a marked volar displacement, proximal migration and flipping of his subcapital metacarpal fracture of the little finger that was managed surgically. This case report illustrates this rather rare presentation.

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We describe a very unusual presentation of the so called boxer fracture. We present a young patient who had a marked volar displacement, proximal migration and flipping of his subcapital metacarpal fracture of the little finger that was managed surgically. This case report illustrates this rather rare presentation.

Key concepts: Presentation (obstetrics), Case presentation, Fracture (geology), Displacement (psychology), Medicine, Surgery, Geology, Psychology

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