Joint Program in Nuclear Medicine

Swollen, Painful Fingers

Presentation

A 57 year-old male presented to the E.D. with the complaint of swollen and painful fingers (Figure 1 and Figure 2) following cocaine use and an evening outdoors working on his car. (Temperature -3 F, Windchill -30 F ). The orthopedics service requested plain films and a triple phase bone scan.

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J. Anthony Parker, MD PhD, Tony_Parker@CareGroup.Harvard.edu