This patient is 60 years old and is a rural worker. He said | Figure 1

ReginaldoCastro

Internal Medicine

This patient is 60 years old and is a rural worker. He said that was working with a brushcutter when he felt something pierced his right foot, more specifically in the region of the medial malleolus. At the end of the day, when he arrived to home, he noticed a red area in the area of ​​the medial malleolus of his right foot, and pain in the same place. He went to the emergency department and the doctor asked for X-rays of the right foot (first and second image). The doctor decided to make an incision at the site to extract the foreign body, but he could not. The patient is with pain on the spot. What is your conduct in this case?

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