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Giaccai's syndrome 2
Synonyms:
Neurogenic acro-osteolysis, neurotrphic osseous atrophy.
Associated persons:
Leonardo Giaccai
Description:
Progressive plantar ulceration resulting in mutilation of feet, associated with sensory disturbances of the extremities.
Bibliography:
- L. Giaccai:
Familial and sporadic neurogenic acroosteolysis.
Acta Radiologica, Stockholm, 1952, 38: 17-29.
- G. A. Izmailov:
[The Giaccai syndrome as a cause of the development of trophic leg ulcers]
Klinicheskaia meditsina, Moscow, Moscow, June 1989, 67 (6): 130-132.
- Stanley Jablonski:
Jablonski’s Dictionary of Syndromes & Eponymic diseases.
Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida, 1991.
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