title: Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Pyogenic Flexor Tenosynovitis.
abstract: A 4-year-old girl presented to the emergency department for evaluation of finger swelling after a dog bite. Point-of-care ultrasound was used to diagnose pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis of the digit after visualizing a fluid collection within the flexor tendon sheath. The patient underwent emergent incision and drainage of the digit with good outcome.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Pediatrics and †Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine; and ‡Department of Pediatrics, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Stephanie G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Sierra C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Beck
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers; D006801:Humans; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography