Painful pigmented prosthesis pressure papules
Bendl, B.J.
Cutis 17(5): 954-957
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0011-4162 PMID: 1017269 Document Number: 101830
Two patients who presented with tender hyperkeratotic papules involving their weight-bear.ing amputation stumps were studied. Although these clinical findings are common in the experience of prosthetists, the author has been unable to find any documentation of these findings in the literature. All attempts at relining and reshaping the cups of the original offending prostheses by experienced prosthetists were unsuccessful. The eruption cleared only after entirely new prostheses were designed. It would appear that this condition is due to a poorly fitting prosthesis.