Cary M. Wright, MD, MS

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Cary M. Wright, MD, MS, is a recent graduate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago and is an intern at the Stanford Pediatrics Residency Program in California

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Swollen, purple, blistered thumb leads to diagnosis of herpetic whitlow | Image credit: Author provided

Swollen, purple, blistered thumb leads to diagnosis of herpetic whitlow

June 12th 2023

You are asked to evaluate a boy, aged 14 years, who presents with one week of tender, expanding, confluent, purple blisters on his swollen left thumb, extending under the thumbnail.. What is the diagnosis?

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