HAIR THREAD TOURNIQUET SYNDROME: CASE REPORT
Journal Title: Kocatepe Medical Journal - Year 2022, Vol 23, Issue 1
Abstract
Hair thread tourniquet syndrome is a rare disease that usually seen in infants and if that is not recognized and treatment urgently, it will be a dangerous condition because that may lead to tissue lost. This syndrome may occur in toes, penis, fingers, clitoris, labia, neck and uvula. That is caused impairment of circulation and this condition lead to edema, ischemia and tissue necrosis. It can lead to autoamputation of strangulated organs. We present 1.5 month old girl who have overlapped of the left 3rd and 4th toes which is treated succesfully after removal of the hair.
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Ayşegül BÜKÜLMEZ Ecenur DURSUN Ayşe Tolunay OFLU Özlem GÜLEÇ ŞEN Recep ALTIN
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- EP ID EP699156
- DOI https://doi.org/10.18229/kocatepetip.515417
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