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CONGENITAL CONSTRICTING BAND [1 record]

Record 1 1990-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Well-defined transverse indentations of the skin and the underlying soft tissues completely encircling the extremity at one or several levels having the appearance of a band of tissue constricting the limb. The constriction varies in degree from a slight depression to a deep groove almost to the bone.

OBS

Definition from TUROR, 1984, pp. 357, 290.

Key term(s)
  • congenital constricting band
  • congenital constricting ring
  • congenital constriction band

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

[...] incisures circulaires, plus ou moins profondes, qui siègent au niveau des membres de certains nouveau-nés et forment des dépressions "en bracelet". [...] autrefois attribués à des brides amniotiques qui feraient garrot autour d'un membre, on considère actuellement qu'ils sont dus à une nécrose tissulaire in utero par thrombose vasculaire [...]

Key term(s)
  • sillon congénital
  • sillon amniotique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
Key term(s)
  • surco congénito
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