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Title: | Pseudoainhum : a dermatological oddity |
Authors: | Gatt, Paul Pace, Joseph L. |
Keywords: | Podiatry Foot -- Diseases -- Children Foot -- Diseases -- Malta |
Issue Date: | 1990 |
Publisher: | Maltese Medical Journal |
Citation: | Gatt, P., & Pace, J. L. (1990). Pseudoainhum : a dermatological oddity. Maltese Medical Journal, 2(2), 21. |
Abstract: | An eight week old baby presented with a deep constriction round the base of the third right toe, of one day’s duration. A strand of filamentous material was found and uncoiled from the depths of the cleft which subsequently healed within a week. Recurrence in the same digit four weeks later raised the question of factitious disease. Pseudoainhum refers to a constricting band around a digit or limb, congenital or acquired. It must be distinguished from true ainhum, where a painful, idiopathic constriction of the fifth toe in dark-skinned adults results in spontaneous amputation of the digit. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/705 |
Appears in Collections: | MMJ, Volume 2, Issue 2 MMJ, Volume 2, Issue 2 |
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