Spontaneous digital hematoma, Achenbach Sindrome
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hematoma, ecchymosis, fingersAbstract
Introduction. The Achenbach syndrome was described in the '50s by the German physician Walter Achenbach and corresponds to an entity characterized by the appearance of ecchymosis or purpura and even bruises on the fingers and sometimes on the feet. It courses benignly and is self-limited.
Methods. We present the case of a 60-year-old woman who was diagnosed with this syndrome after performing laboratory tests, antibodies and images without finding alterations in them, with improvement after receiving analgesia and physical means.
Results. The Achenbach syndrome continues to be an unknown entity, with few reports in the literature. Up to the year 2 016, 12 case reports had been identified worldwide, concluding that it is a pathology that mainly affects women between the fifth and sixth decade of life.
Conclusion. Although this nosological entity is benign and its pathophysiology is not entirely clear, it is important that during the initial approach it is consulted for similar episodes in the past and if it is an acute event, look for other alterations such as delay in capillary refill, coldness distal, absence of pulses and thus discarding acute ischemic pathology with diagnostic exams.
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