Digital gangrene: an unusual cause

Answers on p121. A 27 year old man, with no addictions, was admitted with a history of fever and blackening of his right little finger of one day’s duration. There was no history of trauma or joint pains, and no previous symptoms of any other cardiac illness in the past. The fever was high grade associated with chills; there were no episodes of chest pain, dyspnoea, loose motions, …