Skin Bridging Secondary to Ingrown Toenail

Dadaci, Mehmet and Ince, Bilsev and Altuntas, Zeynep and Kamburoglu, Haldun Onuralp and Bitik, Ozan (2014) Skin Bridging Secondary to Ingrown Toenail. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 30 (6). ISSN 1681-715X

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Abstract

Ingrown toenails are painful conditions that especially affect young people and may become chronic if not treated. We describe a case of chronically inflamed ingrown toenail left untreated for three years. In the physical examination, skin bridging and epithelialization was observed in midline secondary to soft tissue hypertrophy of the lateral nail matrixes. Epithelized fibrous tissue was cut across the lateral nail matrix and left for secondary healing. Partial matrixectomy was applied and the remnants were cauterized in compliance with the Winograd procedure after removal of the nail. Our case is an advanced condition which is the second report in the literature. Skin bridging secondary to excess soft tissue hypertrophy can be observed in untreated bilateral Heinfert or Frost stage 3 ingrown nails. This rare case can be classified as advanced stage 3 disease or stage 4.

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Subjects: STM Digital > Medical Science
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Date Deposited: 13 May 2023 07:42
Last Modified: 05 Jul 2024 07:04
URI: http://research.asianarticleeprint.com/id/eprint/856

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