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Traumatic neuroma. A rare complication following Muller's phlebectomy
1Department of Dermatology, Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht, The Netherlands.
The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology
|October 1, 1994
Abstract
Background:
Complications following ambulatory surgical phlebectomy are rare, and to our knowledge, traumatic neuromas have never been reported.
Objective:
To present a case of traumatic neuroma in a 48-year-old woman after ambulatory minisurgical phlebectomy.
Methods:
The ambulatory minisurgical phlebectomy as described by Muller.
Results:
In a 48-year-old woman who developed persisting nodules after phlebectomy, histopathology confirmed the clinical diagnosis of traumatic neuroma.