Fibrous cortical defect

Case contributed by Henry Knipe
Diagnosis probable

Presentation

Post trauma.

Patient Data

Age: 37
Gender: Male
x-ray

No bony injuries identified. No radiopaque foreign body identified. Within the shaft of the second middle phalanx is a 4 mm well-defined cortical lucency, most consistent with an fibrous cortical defect.

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