title: Acute monomyelocytic leukemia presenting as a felon. Case report.
abstract: We present a case of acute leukemic infiltration in the distal phalanx of the thumb, resulting in a chronic felon with bone involement.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D001706:Biopsy; D001856:Bone Marrow Examination; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010014:Osteolysis; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013933:Thumb / Q000473:pathology