Toe Tourniquet Syndrome (TTS) is a rare yet potentially devastating, acquired defect, which is repeatedly misdiagnosed in the United Kingdom and abroad. Due to the relatively infrequent presentation, it can be easily missed. Toe tourniquet syndrome is strangulation of the toes by what is usually hair, although synthetic fibres have also been described. It is considered a surgical emergency as l...

[2]. Renal Doppler ultrasound, CT angiography, magnetic resonance angiography or venography can be used for the documentation of the degree of left renal vein compression [5]. NCS presented with FMF was first reported in 2009 by Ozcan et al., which was similar to our case [6]. Here, we presume that actually, from the beginning, our patient’s proteinuria was due to NCS. For mild haematuria or pr...

Hair tourniquet syndrome is a rare yet potentially devastating entity in children. Hair-thread tourniquet syndrome involves fibres of hair or thread wrapped around an appendage (toe, finger, clitoris, penis etc.) producing tissue necrosis. It is frequently missed or misdiagnosed leading to delayed diagnosis resulting in gangrene of toe or finger. Tourniquet syndrome of penis can present with to...

400 Ann Dermatol Received April 21, 2015, Revised June 12, 2015, Accepted for publication June 17, 2015 Corresponding author: Hyang-Joon Park, Department of Dermatology, VHS Medical Center, 53, Jinhwangdo-ro 61-gil, Gangdong-gu, Seoul 05368, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2225-1388, Fax: 82-2-471-5514, E-mail: choikohy@ gmail.com This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Comm...