gangrene

Key facts

Medical condition.name

Gangrene

Medical condition.synonyms

Gangrenous necrosis

Medical condition.image

GangreneFoot.JPG

Medical condition.caption

Dry gangrene affecting the toes as a result of peripheral artery disease

Medical condition.field

Infectious disease, surgery, podiatry

Medical condition.symptoms

Change in skin color to red or black, numbness, pain, skin breakdown, coolness

Medical condition.complications

Sepsis, amputation

Medical condition.types

Dry, wet, gas, internal, necrotizing fasciitis

Medical condition.risks

Diabetes, peripheral arterial disease, smoking, major trauma, alcoholism, plague, HIV/AIDS, frostbite, Raynaud's syndrome

Medical condition.diagnosis

Based on symptom, with medical imaging used to identify the underlying cause.

Medical condition.treatment

Depends on underlying cause

Medical condition.prognosis

Variable

Medical condition.frequency

Unknown

via Wikipedia infobox

• Gangrene of Meckel's diverticulum secondary to axial torsion: a rare complication.The American journal of gastroenterology · 1998
• Digital gangrene in systemic sclerosis patients: not only due to the microvascular disease.Clinical rheumatology · 2024
• Gangrenous Cholecystitis.AJR. American journal of roentgenology · 2017
• Isolated gangrene of the round and falciform liver ligaments: a rare cause of peritonitis: case report and review of the world literature.The American surgeon · 2002
• [Skin gangrene].Le Mali medical · 2006

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