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Atypical chronic sterile paronychia leading to tissue and joint space destruction in a patient with thromboangiitis obliterans
Author(s) -
Yelkovan Burcu,
Thai KengEe
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2012.00967.x
Subject(s) - paronychia , medicine , buerger's disease , dermatology , joint (building) , soft tissue , surgery , disease , pathology , architectural engineering , engineering
We report the case of a patient with severe thromboangiitis obliterans ( B uerger's disease) and untreated paronychia which eroded into the digital joint space causing acrolysis of digits and significant soft tissue and joint destruction.