Foreign body - sewing needle tip in ankle

Case contributed by Alexandra Stanislavsky
Diagnosis certain

Linear metallic foreign body projects in the tissues anterior to the ankle joint. 

Case Discussion

This patient's sewing needle broke while she was either attempting to perform an intra-articular ankle injection, or mend socks without taking them off.  If it was the former, she was quite near to success...

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