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Ulnar collateral ligament ruptures of the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb in
children are usually associated with epiphyseal fractures of the proximal phalanx
and, less frequently, cartilaginous fragments from the metacarpal. Radiographs are
often normal. We describe an isolated ligamentous avulsion of the ulnar collateral
ligament from the thumb metacarpal, without a bony or cartilaginous fragment, in a
skeletally immature 12-year-old boy.
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Publication history
Accepted:
December 17,
1985
Received:
May 16,
1985
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© 1986 American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
