Citation

Kilbane BJ. Pediatr. Emerg. Care 2014; 30(8): 558-560.

Affiliation

From the Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/PEC.0000000000000188

PMID

25098800

Abstract

Hand injuries are a common chief complaint in the pediatric population presenting for emergency care. Adolescents, in particular, often present with trauma to their hands after punching objects. The most frequent result of this action is a fracture to one or more of their metacarpals, also known as a boxer's fracture. However, we present a case with this common mechanism that resulted in an uncommon injury, carpometacarpal joint dislocations.

Language: en