High-pressure injection of paint into the hand: A small injury with serious consequences.

Clin Case Rep. December 2022;10(12):e6714.

Aymen Ben Fredj¹, Farouk Chatbouri², Hedi Rbai³, Fourat Farhat⁴, Abderrahmen Daadoucha⁵

¹ Orthopaedics Department, Ibn El Jazzar Hospital Université de Sousse Faculté de Médecine de Sousse Sousse Tunisia.; ² Orthopaedics Department, Ibn El Jazzar Hospital Université de Sousse Faculté de Médecine de Sousse Sousse Tunisia.; ³ Orthopaedics Department, Ibn El Jazzar Hospital Université de Sousse Faculté de Médecine de Sousse Sousse Tunisia.; ⁴ Orthopaedics Department, Ibn El Jazzar Hospital Université de Sousse Faculté de Médecine de Sousse Sousse Tunisia.; ⁵ Radiology Department, Ibn El Jazzar Hospital Université de Sousse Faculté de Médecine de Sousse Sousse Tunisia.

Abstract

High-pressure injection injury to the hand is a rare but very serious clinical entity, considered by plastic and hand surgeons as a surgical emergency. Diagnosis of these injuries is frequently delayed due to the initial benign appearance of the wound and the lack of knowledge of the seriousness of this injury.

Keywords

hand injury; high pressure injection; paint injection;

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