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Clinical appearance of the postoperative wound on the patient's lower abdomen. The ulcer had been sutured at the emergency department of our hospital 3 days before the patient's first consultation with the department of dermatology (a). On admission at the department of dermatology 6 days later, the suture had completely disappeared (b). After VAC therapy, the abdominal ulcer rapidly became granulated and reepithelialized (c).
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F1
The wound was sutured and the patient consulted with the dermatology department 3 days later (fig. 1a). On admission, she presented with a painful ulcer (diameter 6 cm) on her right lower abdomen, and its suture had disappeared (fig. 1b). After vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) therapy had been performed to prevent her from traumatizing the ulcer again, it rapidly became granulated and reepithelialized (fig. 1c).
Clinical appearance of the patient's left arm on admission. The patient presented with multiple scars and previous skin grafts on the extremities as well as a missing left lower leg. She did not reveal details of the causes of these wounds.
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F2
She also presented with multiple scars, skin grafts on the extremities, and a missing left lower leg, the causes for all of which were unexplained (fig. 2).