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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
A painful condition that results from a collection of blood under the fingernail | |||
A | |||
==Diagnosis== | ==Diagnosis== | ||
#Clinical | |||
##Blunt trauma to nailbed | |||
##Blood under nail | |||
==Work-Up== | |||
None (may consider x-rays if possibility of underlying phalange fracture) | |||
==DDx== | |||
Tuft's Fracture | |||
==Treatment== | |||
#Trephination (use handheld cautery) | |||
##Nail removal reserved for those with associated with disruption of the nail or surrounding nail folds | |||
==Disposition== | |||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Insert | Insert | ||
==Source== | ==Source== | ||
*Adapted from KajiQuestions | |||
*Singer AJ. Current Management of Acute Cutaneous Wounds. N Engl J Med 2008; 359:1037-1046 | |||
Adapted from KajiQuestions | |||
Singer AJ. Current Management of Acute Cutaneous Wounds. N Engl J Med 2008; 359:1037-1046 | |||
[[Category:Ortho]] | [[Category:Ortho]] | ||
[[Category:Trauma]] | |||
Revision as of 08:34, 19 December 2011
Background
A painful condition that results from a collection of blood under the fingernail
Diagnosis
- Clinical
- Blunt trauma to nailbed
- Blood under nail
Work-Up
None (may consider x-rays if possibility of underlying phalange fracture)
DDx
Tuft's Fracture
Treatment
- Trephination (use handheld cautery)
- Nail removal reserved for those with associated with disruption of the nail or surrounding nail folds
Disposition
Home
See Also
Insert
Source
- Adapted from KajiQuestions
- Singer AJ. Current Management of Acute Cutaneous Wounds. N Engl J Med 2008; 359:1037-1046