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Research Article| Volume 5, ISSUE 3, P131-133, August 2005

Clinical Corner

      Ahealthy, 44-year-old man complains of a mass on his left middle finger (FIGURE 1, FIGURE 2). He has had the mass since an injury to his hand during his high school years. The mass has been growing ever since the injury and now restricts distal interphalangeal joint motion.
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      FIGURE 1Palmar view demonstrating mass on left middle finger.
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      FIGURE 2Close-up lateral view of finger.
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