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Gangrene
Reviewer: Mowafak Hamodat MB.CH.B, MSc., FRCPC, Eastern Health, St. Johns (Canada) (see Reviewers
page)
Revised: 30 July 2011, last major update July 2011
Copyright: (c) 2002-2011, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
Definition
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● Dry gangrene: coagulation necrosis of extremity due to slowly developing vascular occlusion
● Wet gangrene: infection and liquefaction of “dry gangrenous” tissue by saprophytic bacteria
Associated with diabetes (Intern Med 2011;50:1303)
● See also Fournier's gangrene of penis / scrotum
Treatment
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● Debridement or possibly amputation; also antibiotics, hyperbaric oxygen, vascular surgery
Clinical images
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Dry gangrene in patient with diabetes
Dry gangrene due to cryoglobulinemic vasculitis
Wet gangrene
Virtual slides
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Dry gangrene
Videos
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