title: Atypical chronic sterile paronychia leading to tissue and joint space destruction in a patient with thromboangiitis obliterans.
abstract: We report the case of a patient with severe thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease) and untreated paronychia which eroded into the digital joint space causing acrolysis of digits and significant soft tissue and joint destruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Burcu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yelkovan
authors.forename: Keng-Ee
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Thai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005384:Finger Joint; D005385:Fingers; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010304:Paronychia / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D013919:Thromboangiitis Obliterans / Q000150:complications*
keywords: Buerger's disease; chronic paronychia; joint destruction; thromboangiitis obliterans