TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Felon
A1  - Ritter, Kathryn
A1  - Fitch, Robert Warne
A2  - Knoop, Kevin J.
A2  - Stack, Lawrence B.
A2  - Storrow, Alan B.
A2  - Thurman, R. Jason
PY  - 2021
T2  - The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
AB  - A  felon  is  a  distal  digital  pulp  space  pyogenic  infection.  Pus  collects  in  spaces  formed  by  the  vertical  septa  anchoring  the  pad  to  the  distal  phalanx.  It  is  characterized  by  severe  pain,  exquisite  tenderness,  erythema,  and  tense  swelling  of  the  distal  digit.  Visible  pus  or  palpable  fluctuance  may  be  present.  Complications  include  deep  ischemic  necrosis,  osteomyelitis,  septic  arthritis,  and  suppurative  tenosynovitis.  The  differential  includes  paronychia,  herpetic  whitlow,  and  traumatic  hematoma.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181043480
ER  -