Monday, February 8, 2010

Phlegmonous-infection in first degree Dupuytren�s disease

Abstract  Dupuytren�s disease belongs to the group of so called fibromatoses and is considered to be a non infectious disease. Since first degree Dupuytren�s disease is generally not operated upon, we want to report the unexpected finding of phlegmonous-abcessing infection in nodules in Dupuytren�s disease in a 61 year old patient, who was treated surgically because of complaining painful symptoms in first degree nodules in his palm without clinically visible signs of infection. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Orthopaedic SurgeryDOI 10.1007/s00402-008-0589-7AuthorsFrank Unglaub, University of Erlangen Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery Krankenhausstrasse 12 91054 Erlangen GermanyBernd Loos, University of Erlangen Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery...
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