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Digital ischemia due to essential thrombocythemia: a case report.

Papadonikolakis A, Chloros GD, Smith BP, Koman LA

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.

This report describes the case of a 34-year-old patient with essential thrombocythemia who presented with Raynaud's syndrome, was refractory to medical treatment, and developed progressive digital gangrene.

Published 10 September 2007 in J Hand Surg [Am], 32(7): 1053-7.
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