[Diagnostic image (272). A boy with discoloured, painful hands].
A 6-year-old boy was admittted because of dark discoloured and painful finger tips of both hands, which had developed 2 weeks after playing with bare hands in a ditch with cold water still containing parts of ice. Trench foot of the hands was diagnosed.
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Academisch Medisch Centrum/Universiteit van Amsterdam, locatie Emma Kinderziekenhuis, Amsterdam. noorbekkali@hotmail.com
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D017311:Amlodipine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006225:Hand / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007102:Immersion Foot / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D017311:Amlodipine