Sudden swelling and redness of the toe

The presence of history of redness and swelling of toe in an infant without history of trauma is typical of hair threat tourniquet syndrome. The treatment simply involves incision and removal of hair fibers. Physicians should be aware of this syndrome because early diagnosis and treatment avoid seri...

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Autores principales: Tengattini, Vera, Magnano, Michela, Patrizi, Annalisa, Neri, Iria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5676277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29152297
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1115
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Sumario:The presence of history of redness and swelling of toe in an infant without history of trauma is typical of hair threat tourniquet syndrome. The treatment simply involves incision and removal of hair fibers. Physicians should be aware of this syndrome because early diagnosis and treatment avoid serious complications.

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