Swelling of Left Thumb

Pain, Tenderness, and Swelling of Right Thumb

Submitted: July 26, 2014 Accepted: August 19, 2014 Published online: February 17, 2015 Correspondence: Seyit Ali GuMuSTAS, M.D. Yavuz Selim Kemik Hastaliklari ve Rehabilitasyon Hastanesi, 61030 Trabzon, Turkey. e-mail: [email protected] 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Balikesir Military Hospital, Balikesir 2 Department of Radiology, Balikesir Military Hospital, Balikesir, both in ...

Laceration of the Left Thumb

The thumb was completely torn away on the palmar surface, so much so that the joint was freely exposed. The parts were much lacerated and bruised, and the extent of the wound was five inches. No bleeding of any c'onsequence occurred. The case was one for removal of the thumb, but the difficulty was how to form a flap, owing to the shape and extent of the wound. Eight sutures were put in, and co...

Swelling Left Medial Canthus

Left Supraclavicular Swelling: Sclerosing Perineurioma.

A sclerosing perineurioma presents as a single asymptomatic papule or nodule located on the hands of adult patients; approximately 60 cases have been reported in medical literature since 1997. Histologically, it originates from the perineural cells of the peripheral nerves and presents epithelial membrane antigen (EMA) positivity and S100 protein negativity. Here, we present the case of a 58-ye...

A pulsatile swelling on the left forearm

A 69-year-old woman with a history of valve replacement for her aortic stenosis presented with the chief complaint of left arm pain, fever, chills, and fatigue. No recent dental procedures had been performed. However, she had undergone a colonoscopy for gastrointestinal bleeding 2 months prior to this visit. Her physical examination was notable for pyrexia, a left forearm ecchymosis, and a puls...