Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
CASE REPORTS
Diabetic Gangrene in Multiple Fingers and Toes after a Dog Bite in an Elderly Patient with Type 2 Diabetes
Junko OyaKo HanaiJunnosuke MiuraSatoko MaruyamaAkiko IshiiKazu SyonoTakamichi ShinjoYasuhiko Iwamoto
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2011 Volume 50 Issue 12 Pages 1303-1307

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A 78-year-old diabetic woman experienced multiple sites of gangrene not only in fingers that were directly bitten by a dog but also in fingers and toes that had not beenbitten. Her glycemic control was fair and microvascular complications were mild. There were no clinical findings related to angitis, collagenosis or severe infection. The fingers and toes with gangrene were amputated. The pathological diagnosis was diabetic gangrene. This report presents a case of multiple sites of gangrene of the fingers and toes after a dog bite in an elderly patient with type 2 diabetes.

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