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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2013

A patient complains of jerking, throbbing pain in the III finger on the right hand. The patient associates these pain onsets with an injury by a nail. The finger skin is hyperemic and tense, palpation with a bulbous-end probe reveals the most painful area. What is the provisional diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Subcutaneous felon
  2. Paronychia
  3. Pandactylitis
  4. Articular felon
  5. Bone felon
Correct answer

Subcutaneous felon

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