Hair Toe Tourniquet Syndrome in a Four-year-old Boy

Genital hair tourniquet syndrome: A case report and review of the literature

“…Commonly affected parts of the body include fingers, toes and penis [6,7]. It has also been reported that other body parts including clitoris, labia, ear lobes, umbilicus, nipple, tongue or uvula may be involved by this disease [1,[8][9][10][11][12][13]. In a meta-analysis comprising 210 cases of HTS, 44.2% involved penis, 40.2% the toes, 8.6% fingers and 6.8% represented other sites [1].…”

Hair-Thread Tourniquet Syndrome: A Presentation of an Infant

“…Coiling material leads to an obstruction to venous return or directly arterial blood flow from the digit, followed by swelling and reduction of the arterial inflow. Delay in diagnose of this condition can result in tissue ischemia and potential loss of the digit [7]. Prompt recognition of cases by emergency doctors, healthcare workers, general practitioners or other health care professionals is important to prevent function loss or toe amputation [2,9].…”

“…Most authorities recommend surgical decompression with the infant under general anesthesia in order to permit further exploration, retrieval of all of the foreign matter, and release of any constricting bands in the operating room. The use of depilatory agents to dissolve the hair has been recommended by some authors [4,7].…”

“…Prompt diagnosis and rapid removal of the constricting material is crucial, and can save the digit from irreversible tissue damage and the loss of the digit. Awareness of HTS is essential for early diagnosis and prompt treatment to protect against the development of serious complications to the toe and other body parts [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. We present here clinicopathologic aspects of a case of possible recurrent encirclement of a toe by a hair coil.…”

An Infant Case with Hair-Thread Tourniquet Syndrome

“…1,5 Bir buçuk yaşa kadar olan daha küçük yaştaki çocuklarda, özellikle el parmakları daha sık etkilenmektedir. 6 Ayakta genellikle üçüncü veya dördüncü parmaklarda tutulum olduğu bildirilmektedir. 7 SİTS bildirilen olguların kötü hijyen koşullarında yaşadığı ve olayın çoğunlukla kaza sonucu geliştiği belirtilmektedir.…”