INCESSANT CRYING: THINK ABOUT HAIR TOURNIQUET SYNDROME

Tourniquet syndrome, also known as hair-thread tourniquet syndrome, is a rare but potentially serious condition. It is defined as the strangulation of a body part (toe, finger, penis, clitoris, nipple) by a thread-like object, most often a hair or textile thread. This phenomenon causes progressive circulatory obstruction, first venous and lymphatic, then arterial, which can progress to irreversible ischemia and tissue necrosis if diagnosis and treatment are delayed. First described by Quinn in 1971, this syndrome occurs primarily in infants and young children, a period when postpartum maternal hair loss is common and promotes the presence of loose hair in the child\'s environment. The most commonly reported locations are the toes (particularly the 2nd and 3rd), followed by the fingers and, more rarely, the genitals. In our paper, we describe two cases of this syndrome with an isolated and non-specific clinical presentation that could be the cause of a diagnostic delay.