Achenbach Syndrome: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment

Ecchymosis

1 Achenbach syndrome (paroxysmal finger hematoma). 38 31159682 2019 2 Painful ecchymosis of the finger: a case of Achenbach syndrome. 38 Castillo SA...Werchniak AE 31353447 2019 3 Achenbach syndrome. 38 Notomi K...Harada T 31133606 2019 4 Analysis of [malacards.org]

The right hand was affected more frequently than the left and the involvement of the palmar side was more frequent. 100% of patients reported pain and ecchymosis. [elsevier.es]
Hypoxemia

Trauma or alterations in coagulation should be ruled out in the initial evaluation, as well as cyanosis secondary to hypoxemia or methemoglobinemia. [elsevier.es]

Respiratory Distress

Pulmonary/Chest: No respiratory distress. Muskuloskeletal: Normal range of motion. She exhibits edema (4th finger right). She exhibits no tenderness or deformity. Neurological: She exhibits normal muscle tone. Skin: She is not diaphoretic. [brownemblog.com]

Abdominal Pain

pain, gastrointestinal hemorrhages and nephritis, which is the most common manifestation in adults. 31 Funding This work did not receive any funding. [elsevier.es]

Arthralgia

[…] diseases, there is the vasculitic purpura, a disease of unknown etiology that occurs most frequently in children, although it can occur in adults; it is characterized by inflammation of vessels of small caliber that gives rise to palpable purpuric lesions, arthralgias [elsevier.es]

Dermatitis

[…] vascular disease Atherosclerosis Buerger disease Takayasu arteritis Ulnar artery thrombosis Giant cell arteritis Radial artery thrombosis Aneurysmal disease producing emboli Microemboli Vibration-induced injury Polycythemia Cold injury Cryoglobulinemia Dermatitis [wjgnet.com]
Hyperkeratosis

In one of these cases, the epidermis showed hyperkeratosis and parakeratosis. In the other case, amorphous, eosinophilic amyloid deposition in the stroma and fibrin accumulation was observed. [wjgnet.com]

Suggestibility

Our clinical observations suggest that the disease is more common than generally thought. [wjgnet.com]

The acute phase can be very alarming and could suggest more serious vascular disease. In Ireland, this condition is seen occasionally. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The recurrent and chronic episodes, the progressive coloration changes in the fingers from blue to white and their relation with temperature changes suggest a picture of Raynaud's syndrome. [elsevier.es]
Fear

The symptoms can be startling to the patient, eliciting fear of something terrible when, in fact, the syndrome is relatively benign and has a good prognosis. [okayama.pure.elsevier.com]

Symptoma