The use of simple skin excision and periosteal suture in the treatment of pachydermoperiostosis frontal skin thickening
Journal Title: Turkderm-Turkish Archives of Dermatology and Venereology - Year 2020, Vol 54, Issue 3
Abstract
Pachydermoperiostosis (PDP) is a primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy which can result in a coarse facial appearance. In this study we present treatment results of a case in which a simple skin excision and periosteal anchoring was used to treat frontal skin thickening in a patient with PDP.
Authors and Affiliations
Sevgi Kurt Yazar, Merdan Serin, Selami Serhat Sirvan, Memet Yazar, Fatih Irmak
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- EP ID EP689152
- DOI 10.4274/turkderm.galenos.2020.90757
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