Forgotten Elastic Band as an Unusual Cause of Limb Ulceration: Case Report and Review of the Literature
We discuss a case of circumferential ulceration of the lower leg in a cognitively impaired elderly man with poor tissue integrity. Thorough clinical examination eventually determined the cause as being a circumferentially placed, forgotten elastic band causing ulceration via sustained tension around...
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| description | We discuss a case of circumferential ulceration of the lower leg in a cognitively impaired elderly man with poor tissue integrity. Thorough clinical examination eventually determined the cause as being a circumferentially placed, forgotten elastic band causing ulceration via sustained tension around the limb. Circumferential application of an elastic band to an extremity is an exceedingly rare but serious cause of lower leg ulceration. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-71c5540177c8429786adc9ab9a9b54e22025-02-03T01:12:24ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352019-01-01201910.1155/2019/61959676195967Forgotten Elastic Band as an Unusual Cause of Limb Ulceration: Case Report and Review of the LiteratureKeagan Werner-Gibbings0Liesl Ischia1Oleksandr Khoma2Robert Tang3Department of Vascular Surgery, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Hospital Road, Concord, NSW 2139, AustraliaDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Hospital Road, Concord, NSW 2139, AustraliaDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Hospital Road, Concord, NSW 2139, AustraliaDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Hospital Road, Concord, NSW 2139, AustraliaWe discuss a case of circumferential ulceration of the lower leg in a cognitively impaired elderly man with poor tissue integrity. Thorough clinical examination eventually determined the cause as being a circumferentially placed, forgotten elastic band causing ulceration via sustained tension around the limb. Circumferential application of an elastic band to an extremity is an exceedingly rare but serious cause of lower leg ulceration.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6195967 |
| spellingShingle | Keagan Werner-Gibbings Liesl Ischia Oleksandr Khoma Robert Tang Forgotten Elastic Band as an Unusual Cause of Limb Ulceration: Case Report and Review of the Literature Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Forgotten Elastic Band as an Unusual Cause of Limb Ulceration: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full | Forgotten Elastic Band as an Unusual Cause of Limb Ulceration: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_fullStr | Forgotten Elastic Band as an Unusual Cause of Limb Ulceration: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Forgotten Elastic Band as an Unusual Cause of Limb Ulceration: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_short | Forgotten Elastic Band as an Unusual Cause of Limb Ulceration: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_sort | forgotten elastic band as an unusual cause of limb ulceration case report and review of the literature |
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