title: Autoamputation of the fingertips in an 11-year-old boy.
abstract: The following case is presented to illustrate the roentgenographic and clinical findings of a condition of interest to the orthopaedic surgeon. The final clinical and roentgenographic differential diagnoses can be found on the following pages.
authors.affiliation: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Rotman
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Gilula
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005385:Fingers; D006227:Hand Deformities, Acquired / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013933:Thumb