Unilateral Pseudo-Ainhum in Liver Cirrhosis

BACKGROUND: Pseudo-ainhum is defined as any case of auto-amputation not associated with the classic spontaneous ainhum seen in Africans with unknown etiology. CASE PRESENTATION: A severely ill 58-year-old male patient presented with a painless constricting circular band on his left second toe. His m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Wollina, Uwe, Tirant, Michael, Vojvodic, Aleksandra, Nardo, Veronica di, Lotti, Torello
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Republic of Macedonia 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6910809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31850112
http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2019.681
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Pseudo-ainhum is defined as any case of auto-amputation not associated with the classic spontaneous ainhum seen in Africans with unknown etiology. CASE PRESENTATION: A severely ill 58-year-old male patient presented with a painless constricting circular band on his left second toe. His medical history was remarkable for severe alcoholic liver cirrhosis with ascites formation leading to dyspnea. He had a hypoalbuminemia and a pronounced peripheral sensory neuropathy. CONCLUSION: Here we present the second case of pseudo-ainhum associated with liver cirrhosis.

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