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Case Reports
. 1981 Nov;6(6):610-2.
doi: 10.1016/s0363-5023(81)80144-x.

"Seal finger"

D P Mass, W L Newmeyer, E S Kilgore Jr
Case Reports

"Seal finger"

D P Mass et al. J Hand Surg Am. 1981 Nov.

Abstract

Two young women developed septic arthritis in an interphalangeal joint following a seal bite. One patient was cured with tetracycline: the other required joint arthrodesis. This entity known as "seal finger" is common among sealers. Although the infection may be cured with tetracycline, in late treated or untreated cases joint destruction may occur. No causative organism has been isolated.

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