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BACKGROUND
This patient slipped and fell on an outstretched hand. The radiologist and the emergency physician agreed on the injury but disagreed on the eponym used to describe it. What is this fracture called?
Hint
In general, this diagnosis is not the first that come to mind.
eMedicine Editor: Craig Feied, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Washington Hospital Center
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