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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.
2. Definition/ Description. A metacarpal fracture is a break in one of the five metacarpal bones of either hand. Metacarpal fractures are categorized as being fractures of the head, neck, shaft, and base (from distal at the metacarpal phalangeal joint to proximal at the wrist).[1,2 Blomberg et al, level 5,8]. Thereby we also have the Boxer fracture, this is another name for a fracture of the fourth or fifth metacarpal. metacarpal fracture is a break in one of the five metacarpal bones of either hand. It is categorized as being head fractures, neck fractures, shaft fractures and base fractures.