A Tumor-Like Lump in the Palm Caused by an Inconspicuous-for 75 Years-Bullet
One page on PainSci cites Athanaselis 2020: 38 Surprising Causes of Pain
PainSci notes on Athanaselis 2020:
A man had this bullet in his hand for 75 years before it started to bother him (see link for some impressive pictures, not shared here because copyright).
original abstract †Abstracts here may not perfectly match originals, for a variety of technical and practical reasons. Some abstacts are truncated for my purposes here, if they are particularly long-winded and unhelpful. I occasionally add clarifying notes. And I make some minor corrections.
CASE: An unusual case of a foreign body in the hand is described here. Excision of a tumor-like soft tissue mass revealed a 75-year-old World War II bullet fragment of which patient was unaware.
CONCLUSION: Differential diagnosis of hand lumps and inflammatory reaction must always include retained foreign bodies even after a very long period of posttraumatic quiescence or patient's inability to provide a relative injury case history.
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