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Dactylitis from Mycobacterium intracellulare infection

Hayato Shimizu, MD, Takumi Hashimura, MD and Hiroaki Nishioka, MD, PhD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2022, 89 (7) 360-362; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21067

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    Figure 1

    At presentation, the patient’s right middle finger was swollen, with a sausage-like appearance.

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    Figure 2

    (A) Axial magnetic resonance imaging set on short time inversion recovery showed a high signal around the digital flexor tendon of the right middle finger (yellow arrowheads) and in the subcutaneous tissue (white arrows). (B) Ultrasonography of the right middle finger (sagittal view) showed a low echoic area (white arrows) and power Doppler signals around the digital flexor tendon.

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