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Fracture-dislocation of the fifth metacarpal base is a common intra-articular injury and has been dubbed the reverse Bennett fracture. A direct blow to the ulnar border of the hand tends to cause an extra-articular fifth metacarpal base fracture.
The metacarpal bone is divided into regions: the head, neck, shaft and base. It can break in each of these regions. A break in the metacarpal neck is the most common, but a metacarpal shaft fracture is also pretty common. A head fracture is less common, and doctors worry about injury to the cartilage within the knuckle when they see this.