A Forgotten Disease 'Leprae' and Limb Lesions
| Autor: | Serdar Yüce, Yilmaz Sultanoglu, Adem Topkara, Ömer Faruk Koçak, Mustafa Öksüz |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment lcsh:Surgery lcsh:Medicine Auto amputation Disease Malignancy Chronic ulcers Lesion 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Peripheral nerve Leprosy medicine business.industry Osteomyelitis lcsh:R lcsh:RD1-811 Skin defects medicine.disease Surgery auto amputation skin defects Amputation Infectious disease (medical specialty) 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Turkish Journal of Plastic Surgery, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 43-45 (2016) |
| Popis: | Leprae, which is a forgotten infectious disease, presents with primary findings of skin lesions and peripheral nerve lesions. Neuropathic ulcers are frequently found and may cause deformities, particularly in the extremities. It should not be forgotten that malignant tumors seen on the floor of chronic ulcers can also be seen on the floor of neuropathic ulcers depending on leprae. In our study, a 61-year-old male patient with an ulcerated and unhealed lesion in the volar surface of the second finger of his right hand that existed for approximately 6 months is presented. Although leprae is not common these days, early defect repairs will prevent osteomyelitis and sequelae of amputation, depending on the malignancy in these patients. © 2016 Turkish Society of Plastic Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery. |
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