Refractory Leg Ulcers Associated with Klinefelter Syndrome
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Refractory leg ulcers associated with Klinefelter syndrome.
We present a man with refractory leg ulcers, bilateral varicosis of the lower extremities, and Buerger disease. Autoimmune work-up was negative. However, chromosome analysis showed Klinefelter syndrome (48 XXY). Ulcerative lesions of the lower extremities are a complication of Klinefelter syndrome. To date, the pathogenesis of ulcers in Klinefelter syndrome has not been clarified, but several f...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Nippon Medical School
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1345-4676,1347-3409
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.82.64