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A case of Achenbach's syndrome
Author(s) -
LAYTON A.M.,
COTTERILL J.A.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1993.tb00970.x
Subject(s) - sister , medicine , psychology , pediatrics , dermatology , sociology , anthropology
Summary Achenbach's syndrome is a rarely reported clinical entity consisting of spontaneous or mechanically induced haematomas on the volar aspects of fingers which are associated with burning pain and swelling of the digits. We describe such a case in a 46‐year‐old nursing sister.