From the Thumb to the Ankle

Short Report

Volume 6, Issue 5 (May Issue)

From the Thumb to the Ankle

Basel Saadeh^1,2*, Michael Zarrella^1,2, Zachariah Foster³ and Santhi Singanamala¹

¹Trinity Health of New England - Saint Mary’s Hospital, USA
²Saint Mary’s Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program, USA
³Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University, USA

^*Corresponding author: Basel Saadeh, Trinity Health of New England - Saint Mary’s Hospital, USA; Saint Mary’s Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program, USA. E-mail: baselsadeh@yahoo.com

Received: April 07, 2024; Accepted: April 21, 2024; Published: May 15, 2024

Citation: Saadeh B, Zarrella M, Foster Z, Singanamala S. From the Thumb to the Ankle. Clin Image Case Rep J. 2024; 6(5): 395.

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Abstract

A 54-year-old man presented with left lower extremity pain, redness, and swelling. After additional workup including a physical exam, radiological, and joint aspiration it was determined that the patient had left ankle septic arthritis and osteomyelitis of the tibia with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) secondary to hematogenous spread from a base of the left thumb ulcer that developed a couple of weeks before his presentation.