Traumatic neuroma. A rare complication following Muller's phlebectomy.
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.
De Roos
K P
KP
Department of Dermatology, Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Neumann
H A
HA
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*