Forgotten Elastic Band as an Unusual Cause of Limb Ulceration: Case Report and Review of the Literature. (14th July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Werner-Gibbings, Keagan; Ischia, Liesl; Khoma, Oleksandr; Tang, Robert
• Other Names: Kotzalidis Georgios D. Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Case reports in medicine. Volume 2019(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-07-14
• Subjects: Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine; Case Reports; Periodicals; 610
• DOI: 10.1155/2019/6195967
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1687-9627

Abstract

Abstract : We discuss a case of circumferential ulceration of the lower leg in a cognitively impaired elderly man with poor tissue integrity. Thorough clinical examination eventually determined the cause as being a circumferentially placed, forgotten elastic band causing ulceration via sustained tension around the limb. Circumferential application of an elastic band to an extremity is an exceedingly rare but serious cause of lower leg ulceration.