Image Based Question-66503

Fracture shown in the photograph is ?

A. Benett’s fracture.

B. Rolando fracture.

C. Kaplan’s lesion.

D. Mallet finger.

Correct Answer » A Explanation

The fracture shown in the photograph above represents Benett’s fracture.

Bennett fracture is a fracture of the base of the first metacarpal bone which extends into the carpometacarpal (CMC) joint. This intra-articularfracture is the most common type of fracture of the thumb, and is nearly always accompanied by some degree of subluxation or frank dislocation of the carpometacarpal joint.