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A member asked:
After breaking my 5th metacarpal, theres a lump (im guessing its just a build up of bone used to heal it) how long for this lump to go?
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A few months: A callus normally forms at the site of a bone fracture and it normally takes a number of months for it to return to normal through remodeling.
Answered 7/24/2017
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