Cutaneous anthrax of the hand and its reconstruction with a reverse-flow radial forearm flap.
Bacillus anthracis infection can lead to necrosis in tissues and may manifest as a fatal disease in human beings. The authors present a patient with a large area of skin necrosis on the dorsum of the hand that was reconstructed with a reverse flow-through radial forearm flap, and they discuss the relevant literature. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first published report of such extensive necrosis resulting from anthrax limited to the extensor retinaculum of the hand.
Coban
Y Kenan
YK
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Department of Pathology, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, School of Medicine; and the Department of Dermatology, Numune Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey.
Balik
Ozgul
O
Boran
Cetin
C
D000881:Anthrax / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D006225:Hand / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D010406:Penicillins