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A Tumor-Like Lump in the Palm Caused by an Inconspicuous-for 75 Years-Bullet
Efstratios D Athanaselis1, Apostolos Fyllos1, Nikolaos Stefanou1
1Department of Orthopaedics & Musculoskeletal Trauma, University General Hospital of Larissa, Biopolis, TK41110 Larissa, Greece.
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.
