Painful ANA-positive scleroderma-like disease with acral ulcerations: A case of chronic gangrenous ergotism

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 148-152

  Wollina, Uwe ^a   Hansel, Gesine ^a   Gruner, Monika ^a   Schönlebe, Jaqueline ^a   Heinig, Birgit ^a   Köstler, Erich ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic wounds; Dopamine antagonists; Ergotamine alkaloids; Ergotism; Fibrosis; Gangrene; Scleroderma

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIAZEPAM; DICLOFENAC COLESTYRAMINE; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE MESILATE; DOXEPIN; ERGOTAMINE TARTRATE; ESOMEPRAZOLE; HYDROMORPHONE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METOPROLOL; OXYCODONE; PETHIDINE; PREDNISOLONE; PREGABALIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERGOTISM; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FOOT ULCER; GANGRENE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG FIBROSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA; SKIN BIOPSY; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DYSMENORRHEA; ERGOTAMINE; ERGOTISM; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; GANGRENE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 34548136994     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: 15526941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734607305308     Document Type: Article

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