Wikipediaによると・・・
A whitlow or felon is an infection of the tip of the finger.[1][2][a] Herpetic whitlow and melanotic whitlow are subtypes that are not synonymous with the term felon. A felon is an "extremely painful abscess on the palmar aspect of the fingertip".[6] Whitlow usually refers to herpetic whitlow, though it can also refer to melanotic whitlow,[7] which somewhat resembles acral lentiginous melanoma. The terms whitlow and felon are also sometimes misapplied to paronychia, which is an infection of the tissue at the side or base of the nail.
felonは瘭疽であり、これはよく見る病態である。小生のイメージでは指の先端で爪周囲炎の悪化・・>蜂窩織炎・・>膿瘍がfelon(瘭疽)なので、今回の症例のような爪と離れた場所をfelonというのには疑問がある。
whitlowに適切な日本語訳はあるのであろうか??
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