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Girl with non-traumatic painful and swollen ring finger
  1. Mohamad Nazmi M Nordin1,2,
  2. Jonathan Curry1,
  3. Sally Jones1
  1. 1 Emergency Department, The Grange University Hospital, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Cwmbran, UK
  2. 2 General Surgery Department, East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Mohamad Nazmi M Nordin, Emergency Department, The Grange University Hospital, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Cwmbran NP44 8YN, UK; mohamad.nordin{at}nhs.net

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2021-212120

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    Clinical introduction

    An 11-year-old girl presented to the emergency department with a 3-day history of a painful, swollen right ring finger. There was no history of trauma or any predisposing conditions. Examination revealed swelling, with increased warmth, erythema and tenderness over the proximal phalanx. Flexor digitorum profundus (FDP), flexor digitorum superficialis and extensor tendons were all intact, with pain noted on passive stretch of the flexor …

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors MNMN, JC and SJ contributed to the authorship of the manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.