title: [Grenade splinter injury simulating thrombophlebitis].
abstract: Two patients with a grenade-splinter injury with clinical symptoms of a thrombophlebitis and periphlebitis are presented. Unexpectedly, the supposed thrombus proved to be metallic fragments. Both patients recalled to be wounded in the second world war in 1944/1945 by grenades. The splinters were not extracted. Both patients experienced more than 5 decades without any symptoms. As an after-effect caused by movement of the splinters, significant superficial inflammation could be seen now.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Dermatologie und Venerologie, Universitätsklinikum Lübeck. Yvonne.Gaber@medinf.mu-luebeck.de
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authors.lastname: Gaber
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D010689:Phlebitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014680:Veins / Q000293:injuries*; D014857:Warfare