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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 pull of the interossei muscles and flexor tendons can deform shaft fractures leading to metacarpal shortening or angulation. Figure: Fracture of the shaft of the 5th metacarpal. (http://radiopaedia.org/cases/fracture-of-the-fifth-metacarpal-bone).