Complaining of severe left thumb pain

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Taylor Tophus is a 65-year-old white female who presents to your urgent care clinic complaining of severe left thumb pain. She reports pain began last night with significant swelling and new-onset redness of her thumb's metacarpophalangeal joint (MPJ). Her symptoms have progressively worsened into the morning hours.

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