Paquidermodactilia: análise secundária de dados.

Abstract

A pachydermodactyly is a form of benign digital fibromatosis acquired shortly frequent. It mainly affects adolescents and young adults of the gender masculine. It is clinically characterized by asymptomatic soft tissue enlargement. around the proximal phalanges, mainly in the dorsal and lateral regions, and interphalangeal joints. It is usually acquired and some authors do association with repetitive mechanical trauma due to compulsive acts, but its etiopathogenesis has not yet been clarified. It is a rare disease, with few cases described in the literature. Therefore, it is still little known and probably underreported. The analysis will be carried out through the application of a questionnaire in reports and case series on pachydermodactyly identified in databases data (MEDLINE and LILACS) and in the active search for bibliographic references until August 2015. The analyzed variables will be gender, age, family history, presence of pain and restriction of movement, affected fingers, joints involved, other sites of involvement, time until diagnosis, presence of repetitive mechanical trauma, laboratory, imaging, biopsy, conditions associated and treatment. Data from selected cases will be evaluated and results discussed in a predominantly descriptive way (frequency and percentages), in addition to the mean, median and mode for the quantitative variable (range age).