Mallet Finger in a Toddler Journal Articles

abstract

• Abstract A mallet finger is a flexion deformity of a finger at the distal interphalangeal joint due to an injury of the extensor mechanism at the base of the distal phalanx. Most common in middle-aged men, injuries in the pediatric population are less common and rare in toddlers. We describe a case of missed mallet finger and its subsequent treatment in a female toddler.

authors

• Forward, Karen
• Yazdani, Arjang
• Lim, Rodrick

status

• published 

publication date

• October 2017

has subject area

• 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine (FoR)
• Child, Preschool (MeSH)
• Diagnostic Errors (MeSH)
• Emergency & Critical Care Medicine (Science Metrix)
• Female (MeSH)
• Finger Injuries (MeSH)
• Hand Deformities, Acquired (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Splints (MeSH)

published in

• Pediatric Emergency Care  Journal

keywords

• Child, Preschool
• Diagnostic Errors
• Female
• Finger Injuries
• Hand Deformities, Acquired
• Humans
• Splints

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1097/pec.0000000000001268

PubMed ID

• 28968312

start page

• e103

end page

• e104

volume

• 33

issue

• 10