PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Fatih Koksal Binnetoglu
AU  - Betul Kizildag
AU  - Naci Topaloglu
AU  - Ozgur Kasapcopur
TI  - Severe digital necrosis in a 4-year-old boy: primary Raynaud’s or jellyfish sting
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2013-201478
DP  - 2013 Nov 18
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - bcr2013201478
VI  - 2013
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2013/bcr-2013-201478.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2013/bcr-2013-201478.full
AB  - Raynaud's phenomena is a common disorder which may be primary or secondary to some connective tissue disorders such as systemic sclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus. Jellyfish sting is a rare but life-threatening cause of Raynaud's phenomena. Digital gangrene is reported in 3% of children with secondary Raynaud's phenomena but does not occur in children with primary Raynaud's phenomena. We report a case of a 4-year-old boy who initially presented with episodes of pain and bluish to blackish discolouration and necrosis affecting the fingers on both hands after a jellyfish sting without any sign of connective tissue disorder.