Recurrent massive subperiosteal hematoma in a patient with neurofibromatosis.
The authors report the case of a 13-year-old neurofibromatosis (NF-I) patient who suffered a blunt trauma in 1993. The diagnosis of subperiosteal hematoma was made. The pathogenesis of subperiosteal hematoma is discussed.
Steenbrugge
F
F
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium.
Verstraete
K
K
Poffyn
B
B
Uyttendaele
D
D
Verdonk
R
R
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004604:Elephantiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007870:Leg Length Inequality / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D010521:Periosteum / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D012008:Recurrence; D013977:Tibia / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000175:diagnosis