title: Traumatic neuroma. A rare complication following Muller's phlebectomy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Complications following ambulatory surgical phlebectomy are rare, and to our knowledge, traumatic neuromas have never been reported.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To present a case of traumatic neuroma in a 48-year-old woman after ambulatory minisurgical phlebectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  The ambulatory minisurgical phlebectomy as described by Muller.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In a 48-year-old woman who developed persisting nodules after phlebectomy, histopathology confirmed the clinical diagnosis of traumatic neuroma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: De Roos
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Neumann
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017169:Neoplasms, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009463:Neuroma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D015911:Sclerotherapy; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000601:surgery*