AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF HAND TRAUMA IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Authors
MORADZADEH DS ANGLIN D HUTSON HR GASSER S
Citation
Ds. Moradzadeh et al., AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF HAND TRAUMA IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, Annals of emergency medicine, 24(3), 1994, pp. 526-529
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Annals of emergency medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
01960644
Volume
24
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
526 - 529
Database
ISI
SICI code
0196-0644(1994)24:3<526:AUCOHT>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Leprosy was once a severely mutilating and incapacitating disease with little hope for the afflicted. Today, patients with leprosy do not su ffer from the obvious deformities seen in earlier days, so recognition of this disease has become more difficult. We report the case of a ma n with no previous disabilities who presented to the emergency departm ent with acute unintentional hand trauma secondary to peripheral neuro pathy caused by leprosy.