[A woman with a swollen finger]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2010:154:A988.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

A 70-year-old woman presented with osteomyelitis of the distal phalanx of her left middle finger, after a paronychia which was treated conservatively.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Amputation, Surgical
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Finger Phalanges / pathology*
  • Finger Phalanges / surgery
  • Humans
  • Osteomyelitis / diagnosis*
  • Osteomyelitis / etiology
  • Osteomyelitis / therapy
  • Paronychia / complications
  • Paronychia / diagnosis*
  • Paronychia / therapy
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents