Hooked up - foreign body

Case contributed by Ian Bickle
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Enjoyable weekend coming to a painful end.

Patient Data

Age: 35-40Y
Gender: Male
x-ray

The fisherman got 'carried a wave' with this one - embedded fish hook in finger.

Case Discussion

Retained foreign bodies are fairly common - always interesting and occasionally amusing to the third party.

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