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An uncommon case of upper limb pterygia

Reporting images in a case of a 9-year-old boy who presented with bilateral congenital webbing (pterygium) of axillae and elbows. This deformity was restricting his axilla and elbow movements. This was successfully treated on one side with multiple Z-plasty. An outline of multiple pterygium syndrome...

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Autor principal: Deodhar, Avinash
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3385377/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22754168
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0358.96610
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description Reporting images in a case of a 9-year-old boy who presented with bilateral congenital webbing (pterygium) of axillae and elbows. This deformity was restricting his axilla and elbow movements. This was successfully treated on one side with multiple Z-plasty. An outline of multiple pterygium syndrome is given herewith.
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spelling pubmed-33853772012-07-02 An uncommon case of upper limb pterygia Deodhar, Avinash Indian J Plast Surg Images Reporting images in a case of a 9-year-old boy who presented with bilateral congenital webbing (pterygium) of axillae and elbows. This deformity was restricting his axilla and elbow movements. This was successfully treated on one side with multiple Z-plasty. An outline of multiple pterygium syndrome is given herewith. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3385377/ /pubmed/22754168 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0358.96610 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3385377/
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