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Case of constriction band syndrome with annular epidermal cyst
Yumi N Tanabe1, Yuji Kikuchi, Motohiro Nozaki
1Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan.
Annals of Plastic Surgery
|February 28, 2002
Abstract:
Both intrinsic and extrinsic theories have been proposed to explain the etiology of congenital constriction band syndrome. The authors report a case of construction band syndrome in which an epidermal cyst was involved. It was located along the annular band of the affected finger and formed a complete ring. This case suggests that the epidermal cyst was produced by circumferential compression, advocating the extrinsic theory for this syndrome.