Lesch-Nyhan syndrome: reconstruction of a calcaneal defect with a sural flap.
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome is a familial disorder of uric acid metabolism and dysfunction of the central nervous system. We present a patient with the syndrome, who had a defect of the left calcaneal tissue with osteomyelitis caused by repeated self-mutilation. The defect was reconstructed with a sural flap.
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey. ekesiktas@yahoo.com
Erol
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Kesiktas
Eyüphan
E
Gencel
Sabri
S
Acartürk
D002111:Calcaneus / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D016523:Foot Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007926:Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D013524:Surgical Flaps