title: [A man with a painful hand after punching a wall].
abstract: A 23-year-old man had a painful right hand after punching a wall. The base of the second metacarpal was swollen and painful. The base of the second metacarpal is difficult to assess radiologically, due to overlying structures. After a trauma, additional slight oblique X-rays may help to make a diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Sint Lucas Andreas Ziekenhuis, afd. Orthopedie, Amsterdam.
authors.forename: Marrit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hoekstra
authors.forename: Matthijs R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Krijnen
mesh_terms: D002370:Casts, Surgical; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D050279:Metacarpal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries*; D010146:Pain; D013165:Splints; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult