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Michelle Wang, DO;
Jennifer Schott, MD;
Walter W. Tunnessen, Jr, MD
From the Good Samaritan Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Program (Dr Wang),
and the Department of Pediatrics, Maricopa Medical Center (Dr Schott), Phoenix,
Ariz; and the American Board of Pediatrics, Chapel Hill, NC (Dr Tunnessen).
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2001;155:515-516.
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TWO FINGERS of a 6-week-old infant were noted to be discolored, "black
and red," following removal of mittens (Figure
1) that had been placed on both hands 48 hours earlier to prevent
involuntary excoriations of the face by his fingernails. The infant's mother
had been advised by her mother-in-law not to trim his fingernails because,
according to Hispanic folklore, it is believed that trimming the fingernails
of an infant younger than 40 days old may result in poor vision. The infant
had exhibited no unusual fussiness or irritability during this time.
The distal phalanx of the left index finger appeared denuded with surrounding
erythema (Figure 2). The distal phalanx
of the right index finger was necrotic distal to a piece of thread attached
circumferentially. Surgical debridement and amputation of the distal phalanx
were required (. . . [Full Text of this Article]
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The Thread-Tourniquet Syndrome
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Near Strangulation as a Result of Hair Tourniquet Syndrome
Chegwidden and Poirier
CLIN PEDIATR 2005;44:359-361.
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Toe Tourniquet Syndrome in Association With Maternal Hair Loss
Strahlman
Pediatrics 2003;111:685-687.
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