Boxer's Fracture, Right Hand: Note swelling over dorsal ...

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Boxer's Fracture, Right Hand: Note swelling over dorsal aspect of right hand, most pronounced

below the small finger. It is the result of a fracture to the fifth metacarpal (bone below small finger), 

usually associated with striking an object with a closed fist.


Charlie Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD Catalog of Clinical Images

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Dr. Charles Goldberg

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Clinical Professor, University of California San Diego - Division of Hospital Medicine, - Images shared with permission from the UCSD Catalog of Clinical Images - https://meded.ucsd.edu/clinicalimg/browse.htm

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