A 39-year-old man presents as triage level 2 with finger pain after a puncture wound. The finger is held in slight flexion with fusiform swelling,

Question

A 39-year-old man presents as triage level 2 with finger pain after a puncture wound. The finger is held in slight flexion with fusiform swelling, tenderness along the flexor sheath, and pain with passive extension. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis

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Herpetic whitlow

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De Quervain tenosynovitis

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Mallet finger

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Paronychia

Pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis — ABEM Board MCQ

A 39-year-old man presents as triage level 2 with finger pain after a puncture wound. The finger is held in slight flexion with fusiform swelling, tenderness along the flexor sheath, and pain with passive extension. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?