Hand and finger diagnoses

Diagnosis

Wrist and hand deeper palmar dissection

• Hand Exam

Differential Diagnosis

Injury

• Radiograph positive
  • Hand and Finger Fractures
  • Hand and Finger Dislocations
• Radiograph negative Radiograph-Negative Hand and Finger Injuries
  • Hand and finger tendon injuries
  • Ganglion Cyst
  • De Quervain Tenosynovitis
  • Trigger Finger
  • Mallet Finger
  • Jersey Finger
  • Jammed Finger
  • Subungual Hematoma
  • Fingertip laceration

Hand and finger diagnoses

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  Splinter hemorrhage

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  Subungal hematoma

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  Ganglion cyst

Hand and finger infections

• Bed bugs
• Closed fist infection (Fight Bite)
• Hand cellulitis
• Hand deep space infection
• Hand-foot-and-mouth disease
• Herpetic whitlow
• Felon
• Flexor tenosynovitis
• Paronychia
• Scabies
• Sporotrichosis

Look-Alikes

• Digital mixoid cyst

Hand and Finger Infections Images

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  Bed bugs

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  Digital mixoid cyst

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  Felon

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  Hand cellulitis (from cat bite)

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  Hand-foot-and-mouth disease

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  Herpetic whitlow

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  Paronychia

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  Scabies

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  Lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis

See Also

• Diagnoses by Body Part (Main)