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I slammed my pinky in a small safe door at the end of june were in september and it still hurts and i when i try to bend it it gets stiff?
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Xray: may be a small chip fracture- not much else to add. See an orthopedic surgeon; however, this is now an old injury- not much can be done.
Answered 9/4/2014
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