Thumb foreign body

Case contributed by Aneta Kecler-Pietrzyk
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Hx of sewing few days prior. Swollen tip of the thumb.

Patient Data

Age: 50
Gender: Male
x-ray

Sewing needle within soft tissues of the distal thumb. 

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