title: Severe severe psychological repulsion reaction in patient with PAD resulted in natural lower extremity mummification.
abstract: This case report describes the very uncommon event of mummification of the lower limb occurring naturally in a patient with peripheral arterial occlusive disease aggravated by severe reactive aversion and serves as a warning that this can happen in cases of untreated advanced critical limb ischemia even in well developed countries.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland. goranm@poczta.onet.pl
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stanisic
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brzezinski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Winckiewicz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D001186:Artificial Limbs; D003073:Cognitive Dissonance; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005734:Gangrene; D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000209:etiology; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000098:blood supply*; D009336:Necrosis; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors