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Flexion Deformity of the Fifth Digit

Emergency Medicine. 2013 July;45(7):3-4
Author(s):
Brian L. Patterson, MD, MSc
Mfsem
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A 60-year-old woman presents with a 2-week history of a flexion deformity of the fifth digit of her left hand, which, she states, developed after she “jammed” her finger in a door. She describes intermittent pain in the distal joint of the fifth digit.
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