A posterior dislocation should be always kept in mind in a painful shoulder especially after trauma or seizure. Even in the presence of recurrent dislocation, the direction may be different from one episode to another.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Floating metacarpal is a rare concurrent bipolar dislocation of metacarpal at both ends. Isolated dislocations of Carpo-metacarpal (CMC) or Metacarpo-phalangeal (MCP) have been previously reported, simultaneous dislocations of both joints is scarcely reported in literature and bares high chance of diagnosis being missed on presentation.
Patient: A 29-year-old male presented with pain, swelling in left hand and loss of movement in fifth and fourth finger following a motorcycle fall injury.