A Tumor-Like Lump in the Palm Caused by an Inconspicuous-for 75 Years-Bullet
Case. An unusual case of a foreign body in the hand is described here. Excision of a tumor-like soft tissue mass revealed a 75-year-old World War II bullet fragment of which patient was unaware. Conclusion. Differential diagnosis of hand lumps and inflammatory reaction must always include retained f...
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| author | Efstratios D. Athanaselis Apostolos Fyllos Nikolaos Stefanou Socrates E. Varitimidis Dimitrios Giannikas |
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| description | Case. An unusual case of a foreign body in the hand is described here. Excision of a tumor-like soft tissue mass revealed a 75-year-old World War II bullet fragment of which patient was unaware. Conclusion. Differential diagnosis of hand lumps and inflammatory reaction must always include retained foreign bodies even after a very long period of posttraumatic quiescence or patient’s inability to provide a relative injury case history. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-97471adb7a8248f9bb0c8bcfa0f9fdb92025-02-03T06:43:59ZengWileyCase Reports in Orthopedics2090-67492090-67572020-01-01202010.1155/2020/88980168898016A Tumor-Like Lump in the Palm Caused by an Inconspicuous-for 75 Years-BulletEfstratios D. Athanaselis0Apostolos Fyllos1Nikolaos Stefanou2Socrates E. Varitimidis3Dimitrios Giannikas4Department of Orthopaedics & Musculoskeletal Trauma, University General Hospital of Larissa, Biopolis, TK41110 Larissa, GreeceDepartment of Orthopaedics & Musculoskeletal Trauma, University General Hospital of Larissa, Biopolis, TK41110 Larissa, GreeceDepartment of Orthopaedics & Musculoskeletal Trauma, University General Hospital of Larissa, Biopolis, TK41110 Larissa, GreeceDepartment of Orthopaedics & Musculoskeletal Trauma, University General Hospital of Larissa, Biopolis, TK41110 Larissa, GreeceLe Centre de la Main, Rhéna Clinique de Strasbourg Centre de la Main, 10 Rue François Epailly 67000 Strasbourg, FranceCase. An unusual case of a foreign body in the hand is described here. Excision of a tumor-like soft tissue mass revealed a 75-year-old World War II bullet fragment of which patient was unaware. Conclusion. Differential diagnosis of hand lumps and inflammatory reaction must always include retained foreign bodies even after a very long period of posttraumatic quiescence or patient’s inability to provide a relative injury case history.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8898016 |
| spellingShingle | Efstratios D. Athanaselis Apostolos Fyllos Nikolaos Stefanou Socrates E. Varitimidis Dimitrios Giannikas A Tumor-Like Lump in the Palm Caused by an Inconspicuous-for 75 Years-Bullet Case Reports in Orthopedics |
| title | A Tumor-Like Lump in the Palm Caused by an Inconspicuous-for 75 Years-Bullet |
| title_full | A Tumor-Like Lump in the Palm Caused by an Inconspicuous-for 75 Years-Bullet |
| title_fullStr | A Tumor-Like Lump in the Palm Caused by an Inconspicuous-for 75 Years-Bullet |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Tumor-Like Lump in the Palm Caused by an Inconspicuous-for 75 Years-Bullet |
| title_short | A Tumor-Like Lump in the Palm Caused by an Inconspicuous-for 75 Years-Bullet |
| title_sort | tumor like lump in the palm caused by an inconspicuous for 75 years bullet |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8898016 |
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