Finger (phalangeal) fracture on X‑ray: 14 real cases
Real, openly licensed radiographs showing finger (phalangeal) fracture. Study what to look for, then open each case and read it yourself before revealing the answer.
What to look for
- A fracture line through a proximal, middle or distal phalanx.
- Check whether it enters a joint and whether there is displacement or angulation.
- Small avulsion fragments at the volar base of the middle phalanx suggest a volar plate injury; at the dorsal base of the distal phalanx, a bony mallet finger.
Quiz yourself on upper limb images
Cases
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Case #12851616Upper limb · BeginnerOther upper limb diagnoses
- Acromioclavicular joint dislocation
- Calcific tendinitis
- Carpal or carpometacarpal dislocation
- Clavicle fracture
- Distal radius fracture
- Elbow dislocation
- Finger (interphalangeal) dislocation
- Forearm shaft fracture (radius and ulna)
- Galeazzi fracture-dislocation
- Hill-Sachs lesion
- Humeral shaft fracture
- Metacarpal fracture
- Proximal humerus fracture
- Radial head fracture
- Rolando fracture
- Scaphoid fracture
- Shoulder (glenohumeral) dislocation
Diagnoses come from each image's documented source. Credits and licences are shown on each case and on the image credits page.