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Sorry, Caught it on Your Jersey

Author: Noopur Basu, MD
Peer-Reviewer: Katherine Boehm, DO 
Final Editor: Kareem Shahin, DO; Will Denq, MD, CAQSM

A 19-year-old male D1 football player presents with left ring finger pain and inability to flex the DIP joint after getting his finger stuck on an opponent's jersey during the game last night. 

Image 1. Images courtesy of Deng, F, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 71785 (https://radiopaedia.org/cases/71785)


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