[A case of saphenous vein graft donor site dermatitis].
A 65-year-old male, underwent coronary artery bypass grafting, was seen for a saphenous vein graft donor site dermatitis, at 3 weeks after the surgery. He complained pruritic erythema on the lesion identical to those with numbness. The lesion was controlled with topical steroid for 10 days. Saphenous vein graft donor site dermatitis has not been recognized well by surgeon in Japan and the etiology is still unclear.
Minowa
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Department of Surgery, Yamagata Prefectural Nihonkai Hospital, Japan.
Nakamura
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C
Shimanuki
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Sugimoto
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T
Koshika
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D000368:Aged; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003872:Dermatitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*