Acroangiodermatitis of amputation stump.
Acroangiodermatitis is an angioproliferative disease characterized by pseudosarcomatous papules and plaques. It is often associated with different disorders like: chronic venous insufficiency, artero-venous malformations, artero-venous shunts, paralysed limb. In the case of amputation stumps the traumatic and suctional stimula may be the cause of this reactive pathology. We describe a case of acroangiodermatitis in an above-knee amputation stump in a 48-year-old-female affected by Down's syndrome.
Virgili
Annarosa
A
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale-Sezione di Dermatologia, Universita'degli Studi di Ferrara, Via Savonarola, 9-44100 Ferrara, Italy. vri@unife.it
Trincone
Silvana
S
Zampino
Maria Rosaria
MR
Corazza
Monica
M
D000169:Acrodermatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D000672:Amputation Stumps / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004314:Down Syndrome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000601:surgery; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*