Forgotten Elastic Band as an Unusual Cause of Limb Ulceration: Case Report and Review of the Literature

We discuss a case of circumferential ulceration of the lower leg in a cognitively impaired elderly man with poor tissue integrity. Thorough clinical examination eventually determined the cause as being a circumferentially placed, forgotten elastic band causing ulceration via sustained tension around...

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Autores principales: Werner-Gibbings, Keagan, Ischia, Liesl, Khoma, Oleksandr, Tang, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6664543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31396282
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6195967
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Sumario:We discuss a case of circumferential ulceration of the lower leg in a cognitively impaired elderly man with poor tissue integrity. Thorough clinical examination eventually determined the cause as being a circumferentially placed, forgotten elastic band causing ulceration via sustained tension around the limb. Circumferential application of an elastic band to an extremity is an exceedingly rare but serious cause of lower leg ulceration.

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