Necrotizing Fasciitis of an Upper Extremity Starting as Pyogenic Flexor Tenosynovitis with a Horseshoe Appearance in the Hand: A Case Report

Sayo Tanaka; Hideaki Miyamoto; Yutaka Morizaki; Kosuke Uehara; Takashi Ohe

doi:10.11176/jjtem.3.51

Sayo Tanaka, Hideaki Miyamoto, Yutaka Morizaki, Kosuke Uehara, Takashi Ohe

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キーワード: horseshoe, necrotizing fasciitis, pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis

ジャーナルフリー

2012 年 3 巻 2 号 p. 51-54

DOI https://doi.org/10.11176/jjtem.3.51

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We report a case of necrotizing fasciitis in an upper extremity that started as pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis of the hand. The patient survived without severe loss of hand function by rapid limited debridement based on the pathoanatomy of a horseshoe abscess of the hand.

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