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Garrod, 1893
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Chewing caused callus-like thickening (reactive fibromatosis) over the back of the fingers.
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EtiopathogenesisThis section has been translated automatically.
Tic-like chewing, sucking, sucking, pulling, rubbing the backs of the fingers. Signs of anxiety. Girls with bulimia have the calluses on the proximal base joints by pressing against the upper row of teeth during forced vomiting.
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Occurs in children, more often in girls than in boys.
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Mostly symmetrical on the back of the fingers, especially the 4th to 5th fingers.
Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.
Slowly developing, symptom-free, spindle-shaped thickening of the fingers with an excess of connective tissue, especially between the finger joints. Rough skin, often folded in the longitudinal axis of the fingers.
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TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.
Clarification, correction of misbehaviour, psychotherapy, if necessary covering the calluses with hydrocolloid dressing (e.g. Varihesive extra thin).
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