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  2. Erythema induratum - Wikipedia

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    Erythema induratum is a panniculitis on the calves.It occurs mainly in women, but it is very rare now. Historically, when it has occurred, it has often been concomitant with cutaneous tuberculosis, and it was formerly thought to be always a reaction to the TB bacteria.

  3. Lipodermatosclerosis - Wikipedia

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    Lipodermatosclerosis is most commonly diagnosed in middle-aged women. [ 3 ] The origin of lipodermatosclerosis is probably multifactorial, involving tissue hypoxia, leakage of proteins into the interstitium, and leukocyte activation.

  4. Panniculitis - Wikipedia

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    Panniculitis is a group of diseases whose hallmark is inflammation of subcutaneous adipose tissue (the fatty layer under the skin – panniculus adiposus). [1] Symptoms include tender skin nodules, and systemic signs such as weight loss and fatigue.

  5. Surgical suture - Wikipedia

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    The ski and canoe needle design allows curved needles to be straight enough to be used in laparoscopic surgery, where instruments are inserted into the abdominal cavity through narrow cannulas. Needles may also be classified by their point geometry; examples include: taper (needle body is round and tapers smoothly to a point)

  6. Needlestick injury - Wikipedia

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    During surgery, a surgical needle or other sharp instrument may inadvertently penetrate the glove and skin of operating room personnel; [7] scalpel injuries tend to be larger than a needlestick. Generally, needlestick injuries cause only minor visible trauma or bleeding; however, even in the absence of bleeding the risk of viral infection remains.

  7. Review: In 'The Girl With the Needle,' women face unthinkable ...

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    Women brought the victims to her, babies born out of wedlock, perhaps one too many for a household or the mother too young. Dagmar was presented with a problem and she took care of it, in the ...

  8. Fat necrosis - Wikipedia

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    Fat necrosis may result from various injuries to adipose tissue, including: physical trauma, enzymatic digestion of adipocytes by lipases, [3] radiation therapy, [4] hypoxia, or inflammation of subcutaneous fat (panniculitis). The gross appearance of fat necrosis is as an irregular, chalky white area within otherwise normal adipose tissue. [1]

  9. The The True Story Behind The Girl with the Needle - AOL

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    Women came to her and gave her babies. We wanted to try to tap into that world." So Overbye, played by Trine Dyrholm, doesn't appear until about halfway into the film, which is shot in striking ...