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In each issue, JUCM will challenge your diagnostic acumen with a glimpse of x-rays, electrocardiograms, and photographs of dermatologic conditions that real urgent care patients have presented with.
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The patient, a 37-year-old woman, presented after a blow to her left hand.

View the image taken (Figure 1) and consider what your diagnosis would be.

Resolution of the case is described on the next page.

Clinical Challenge: April, 2013

Nahum Kovalski, BSc, MDCM

Clinical Researcher at TEREM Emergency Services