Skip to main content
Key Specialties
Cardiology Diabetology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Geriatrics and Gerontology Gynecology and Obstetrics Hematology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Oncology Pediatrics Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology Surgery
Congress Coverage
2024 ACC Congress 2023 ESMO Congress 2023 EASD Congress 2023 ERS Congress 2023 ESC Congress 2023 EHA Congress 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting
Clinical Collections
Advances in Alzheimer’s

At a glance: The ONWARDS insulin icodec trials

A round-up of the ONWARDS phase 3 clinical trials evaluating the novel weekly insulin icodec in people with diabetes.
ADVANCED SEARCH
Log in
Top
European Journal of Plastic Surgery
Published in: European Journal of Plastic Surgery 7/2003

01-12-2003 | Case Report

A rare cause of digital pain: the subepineural Pacinian corpuscle

Authors: F. Vaes, L. De Smet

Published in: European Journal of Plastic Surgery | Issue 7/2003

Login to get access

Abstract

A new case of subepineural Pacinian corpuscle is described in a 33-year-old woman without a history of trauma. Surgical excision resulted in complete pain relief.
Literature
1.
Bas L, Oztek I, Numanoglu A (1993) Subepineural hyperplastic Pacinian corpuscle: an unusual cause of digital pain. Plast Reconstr Surg 91:151–153
2.
Brynildsen PJ (1985) Painful digital subepineural Pacinian corpuscles. Plast Reconstr Surg 75:929–930
3.
Calder J, Holten I, Terenghi G, Smith R (1995) Digital nerve compression by hyperplastic pacinian corpuscles. J Hand Surg 20B:218–221
4.
Cameron S (1976) Two rare cases of nerve entrapment. J Bone Joint Surg 58B:266
5.
Chavoin JP, Durroux R, Mansat M, Costagliola M, Souquet R (1980) Proliferation tumorale douloureuse des corpuscles de Pacini au niveau de la main. Ann Chir 34:738–742PubMed
6.
Fletcher CDM, Theaker JM (1989) Digital pacinian neuroma: a distinctive hyperplastic lesion. Histopathology 15:249–256PubMed
7.
Fraitag S, Gherardi R, Wechsler J (1994) Hyperplastic pacinian corpuscles: an uncommonly encountered lesion of the hand. J Cutaneous Pathol 21:477–480
8.
Friedman HI, Nichter L, Morgan R, Edgerton C (1984) Subepineural pacinian corpuscle. A cause of digital pain. Plast Reconstr Surg 74:699–701PubMed
9.
Gama C, Mattosinho, Franca LC (1980) Nerve compression by Pacinian corpuscles. J Hand Surg 5:207–210
10.
Greider JL Jr, Flatt AE (1982) Glomus tumor associated with pacinian hyperplasia: case report. J Hand Surg 7:113–117
11.
Hart WR, Thompson NW, Hildreth D, Abell M (1971) Hyperplastic pacinian corpuscles. A cause of digital pain. Surgery 70:730–735PubMed
12.
Jones N, Eadic P (1991) Pacinian corpuscle hyperplasia in the hand. J Hand Surg 16A:865–869
13.
Kojima T, Kasai S, Aizawa S, Nirono Y (1977) A case of hyperplasia of pacinian corpuscles. Jpn J Plast. Reconstr Surg 20:8–12
14.
Kojima T (1992) Pacinian corpuscle hyperplasia in the hand (letter). J Hand Surg 17A:976–977
15.
Patterson T (1956) Pacinian corpuscle neuroma of the thumb-6-pulp. Br J Plast Surg 9:230–231PubMed
16.
Reznik M, Thiry A, Fridman V (1998) Painful hyperplasia and hypertrophy of pacinian corpuscles on the hand. Am J Dermatophatol 20:203–207CrossRef
17.
Rhode C, Jennings W (1975) Pacinian corpuscle neuroma of digital nerves. South Med J 68:86–89PubMed
18.
19.
Schuler F, Adamson J (1978) Pacinian neuroma an unusual cause of finger pain. Plast Reconstr Surg 62:576–579PubMed
20.
Stack B, Carlstedt T, Hellin R, Rishing M (1998) Distribution of human pacinian corpuscles in the hand: a cadaver study. J Hand Surg 23B:370–372
21.
Strigematsu T, Onomura T, Oghiara K (1983) Pacinian hyperplasia, a report of 2 cases. Orthop Surg 34:1835–1838
22.
Tsuchida Y, Eudo Y, Koijma T, Koriho Y (1979) Painful tumor on the hand. Orthop Surg 1694–1696
23.
Tupper J (1985) Subepineural Pacinian corpuscle (letter). Plast Reconstr Surg 76:156
24.
Yazumago H, Abe M, Ikeda K, Shigematsu T, Onomura T, Ogihara K (1983) Pacinian hyperfusion: A report of 2 cases. Orthop Surg 31:1835–1838
25.
Zweig J, Burns H (1968) Compression of digital nerves by pacinian corpuscles. J Bone Joint Surg 50A:999–1001
Metadata
Title
A rare cause of digital pain: the subepineural Pacinian corpuscle
Authors
F. Vaes
L. De Smet
Publication date
01-12-2003
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
European Journal of Plastic Surgery / Issue 7/2003
Print ISSN: 0930-343X
Electronic ISSN: 1435-0130
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-003-0569-7

Other articles of this Issue 7/2003

European Journal of Plastic Surgery 7/2003 Go to the issue

Book Review

J.J. Older: Eyelid Tumors: Clinical Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment, 2nd Edn

Letter to the Editor

Hand immobilization in children

Case Report

Squamous carcinoma in a pressure sore with a very short latency period

EURAPS Paper

Hydroxyapatite orbital implant covered with fascia lata in post-enucleation eye reconstruction

Book Review

R.H. Kluwe, F. Rösler: Principles of Learning and Memory

Original Paper

Alloplastic injectable biomaterials for soft tissue augmentation: a report on two cases with complications associated with a new material (DermaLive) and a review of the literature