title: Calcaneal ulcer in a child with congenital insensitivity to pain syndrome.
abstract: Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) is a rare hereditary sensory neuropathy, comprising congenital insensitivity to pain, anhidrosis, and mental retardation. We present a 4-year-old child with CIPA and a calcaneal ulcer who was treated with double opposing rotation flaps, which eventually healed.
authors: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. gtunc@ada.net.tr
authors: Gökhan
authors: G
authors: Tunçbilek
authors: Can
authors: C
authors: Oztekin
authors: Aycan
authors: A
authors: Kayikçioğlu
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D016523:Foot Ulcer / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D009477:Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male