Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

Practice Management

A 32-Year-Old Male with Pain After Dropping a 20-Pound Weight on his Finger

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The patient is a 32-year-old man who presents with pain over the distal phalanx of the middle finger after dropping a 20-pound weight on his finger while constructing a home gym set-up. The skin is unbroken, but pain is evident upon palpation over the distal phalanx of the middle finger. Neurovascular status is intact.              

View the image taken (Figure 1) and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.

The patient is a 32-year-old man who presents with pain over the distal phalanx of the middle finger after dropping a 20-pound weight on his finger while constructing a home gym set-up. The skin is unbroken, but pain is evident upon palpation over the distal phalanx of the middle finger. Neurovascular status is intact. View the image taken (Figure 1) and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.
A 32-Year-Old Male with Pain After Dropping a 20-Pound Weight on his Finger
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