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Make the Diagnosis: Did You Leave Something Behind?

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Presentation

A 30-year-old man went to the doctor concerned about a red papule that had developed on his hand over the last few weeks. He remembered getting a splinter on the same hand after cleaning up a shattered drinking glass about a month earlier, but was sure he got all of the glass out at the time.


Can you diagnose the patient?

to use the Differential Builder in VisualDx to help you.

17% A. Cellulitis

124% B. Lobular capillary hemangioma

96% C. Abscess

1162% D. Foreign body granuloma

Learnings

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