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Can Sarcoidosis Cause Autoamputation of a Finger Phalanx?

R. CETINKAYA
A. KAVAK
A. H. PARLAK
T. TUZUNER
P. M. ARBAK
M. ALPER

From the Abant Izzet Baysal University, Duzce Medical School, Department of Dermatology, Department of Orthopaedics, Department of Chest Disease and Department of Pathology, Duzce, Turkey

Correspondence: Tolga Tuzuner, M.D., Duzce Medical School, Department of Orthopaedics, Abant Izzet Baysal University, 81620 Konuralp Duzce-Turkey. Tel: +90 380 541 41 07; Fax: +90 380 541 42 13. E-mail: ttuzuner2003{at}yahoo.com

Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic granulomatous disease. In the case presented, autoamputation of the distal phalanx of a little finger of the left hand was observed. The possibility of autodigital amputation as a result of sarcoidosis is discussed.

Key Words: autoamputation • bone • hand • sarcoidosis

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 31, No. 4, 413-415 (2006)
DOI: 10.1016/J.JHSB.2006.03.161
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