Presentation
The patient complaining of pain and swelling at the right thumb since last night after a crushing injury by a machine at work The small wound at the base of the dorsal side of the distal phalanx with nailbed hematoma and swelling at the distal phalanx is seen. No history of chronic diseases
Patient Data
Age: 50 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Right thumb fracture
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Fracture in the distal phalanx of the right thumb
Case Discussion
This fracture needs fixing, the important thing, in this case, to treat the wounds and keep out of infection.