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This 38 year old man presents to the ER with a one day onset of erythema to the thenar surface of his palm. Patient noticed the “red line” at 10 AM. Within 6 hours his Palm was burning and itching. 6 hours after that he noticed red lines on the MCP joints of the second and third digits. A few hours later these areas became darkened. Patient denies pain out of proportion to presentation. It “burns and itches”. If you notice a scar on the wrist it occurred 3 weeks prior and was not infected at the time. Oh, the scar is the result of a rabbit 🐇. 😃

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