Foreign-body osteitis of the metacarpal bone. |
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Authors: | V Peters L Rubin E S Gloster H Aprin |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pediatric Infections Disease, Schneider Children's Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Hyde Park, New York. |
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Abstract: | Foreign-body granulomas in the hand can appear secondary to an unrecognized foreign material. In a six-year-old boy, an extensive sterile osteitis of the second metacarpal bone appeared adjacent to a wood splinter. |
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