title: Pedal coral injury: a case report.
abstract: Corals are marine animals that live in compact colonies. They secret calcium carbonate to form a skeletal structure. Coral sting or abrasions usually cause erythema and localized pain with a mild local toxic reaction. We describe a large bony injury in the hallux due to retained coral fragments in a young patient who sustained a mild injury during water sports in the Red Sea. The coral fragment was not removed during the first visit to ER, causing chronic local inflammation and ultimately a large bony injury. Vigorous localized debridement must be performed in all marine injuries to remove all possible fragments that can lead to irreversible local bony injury.
authors: Orthopedics Department, Meir Medical Center, Affiliated to Sacker School of Medicine Tel Aviv University, Kfar Saba, Israel. ezequiel.palmanovich@clalit.org.il
authors: Ezequiel
authors: E
authors: Palmanovich
authors: Yaron S
authors: YS
authors: Brin
authors: Lior
authors: L
authors: Laver
authors: Binyamin
authors: B
authors: Kish
authors: Meir
authors: M
authors: Nyska
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006214:Hallux / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055815:Young Adult