Achenbach's syndrome revisited.
BACKGROUND
Achenbach's syndrome, also known as paroxysmal finger hematoma, is a rarely reported clinical disorder with recurring, sudden bruising of the volar part of a finger, appearing spontaneously or after minor trauma and resolving completely within days.


METHODS
We report seven cases from our angiologic out-patient clinic.


RESULTS
The patients were asymptomatic between manifestations. The conditon was nevertheless reason for a referral.


CONCLUSIONS
We stress the need for greater awareness among clinicians of the harmlessness of the condition in order to avoid misdiagnoses and dispensable diagnostic procedures.
University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany. katharina.thies@universitaetsherzzentrum.de
Katharina
K
Thies
Ulrich
U
Beschorner
Elias
E
Noory
Thomas
T
Zeller
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D003288:Contusions / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000150:complications; D005385:Fingers / Q000098:blood supply*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013577:Syndrome