Man's Hand Lump Found After Dental Procedure Turns Out To Be Sign Of Serious Heart Infection

A strange lump on the hand of a Vancouver man turned out to be a sign of a life-threatening infection that has already spread to the heart. What could have caused the infection?

Hand Lump In The Emergency Department

A report in the New England Journal of Medicine details the ordeal of a young man who came into the emergency department with a strange lump on his hand, which turned out to be a sign of a life-threatening condition. When he came to the emergency department, the 27-year-old's main complaint was of abdominal pain and a pulsing lump in his hand. Evidently, the lump on his hand began as a localized red zone, but in two short weeks, turned blue and raised, and began pulsing.