Presentation
Wood splinter injury on wrist since 15 days.
Patient Data
Age: 45 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Foreign body in hand
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No radio-opaque foreign body detected.
From the case:
Foreign body in hand
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A horizontally oriented wood splinter (6 mm in length) is seen in the wrist; deep to extensor digitorum. It abuts a bone of distal carpal raw.
Effusion with synovial thickening is seen involving intercarpal joints.
Case Discussion
The foreign body was surgically removed.
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