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Foot Gangrene Clinical examination showed that the pus from the gangrenous 2 toe has tracked down
to the sole and caused extensive gangrenous changes in the planter aspect of the foot.
An elderly diabetic
patient on haemodialysis
presented with 3 weeks
history of wet gangrene
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on the right 2 toe. He
was septic with a raised
white blood count and
neutrophil leukocytosis.
The pus
from the
wet
gangrene
has tracked
to the sole
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