Skin nontumor
Infectious disorders
Gangrene
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Last staff update: 16 November 2020
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Definition / general
- 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
- 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
Videos
Dry gangrene
