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Hyperflexion Injury of the Thumb

Emergency Medicine. 2013 July;45(7):5-6
Author(s):
Ashwin Asrani, MD
Keith D. Hentel, MD
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A 32-year-old man presents to the ED with pain and local tenderness along the medial side of his thumb following a hyperflexion injury while resisting arrest.
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