Foreign-body osteitis of the metacarpal bone.
Foreign-body granulomas in the hand can appear secondary to an unrecognized foreign material. In a six-year-old boy, an extensive sterile osteitis of the second metacarpal bone appeared adjacent to a wood splinter.
Peters
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Department of Pediatric Infections Disease, Schneider Children's Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Hyde Park, New York.
Rubin
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Gloster
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Aprin
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D002648:Child; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000601:surgery; D010000:Osteitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery