The use of simple skin excision and periosteal suture in the treatment of pachydermoperiostosis frontal skin thickening

Journal Title: Turkderm-Turkish Archives of Dermatology and Venereology - Year 2020, Vol 54, Issue 3

Abstract

Pachydermoperiostosis (PDP) is a primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy which can result in a coarse facial appearance. In this study we present treatment results of a case in which a simple skin excision and periosteal anchoring was used to treat frontal skin thickening in a patient with PDP.

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Sevgi Kurt Yazar, Merdan Serin, Selami Serhat Sirvan, Memet Yazar, Fatih Irmak

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  • EP ID EP689152
  • DOI 10.4274/turkderm.galenos.2020.90757
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Sevgi Kurt Yazar, Merdan Serin, Selami Serhat Sirvan, Memet Yazar, Fatih Irmak (2020). The use of simple skin excision and periosteal suture in the treatment of pachydermoperiostosis frontal skin thickening. Turkderm-Turkish Archives of Dermatology and Venereology, 54(3), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-689152