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Journal of Vocational Nursing, 2022 Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus causes neuropathy and abnormalities in blood vessels that cause changes in the skin and muscles, making it easier for gangrene to occur.
Khotibul Umam +3 more
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Gangrene of the penis in a diabetic male with multiple amputations and follow up
Indian Journal of Urology, 2009 A 60-year-old insulin dependent, diabetic male with severe atherosclerosis requiring multiple amputations in the extremities in the past, with normal renal function presented with gangrene of glans penis.
P Vijayan
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Major Limb Amputations: A Tertiary Hospital Experience in Northwestern Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2012 Major limb amputation is reported to be a major but preventable public health problem that is associated with profound economic, social and psychological effects on the patient and family especially in developing countries where the prosthetic services ...
Chalya, Phillipo L +6 more
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Acute Uterine Inversion Complicating Mid-Trimester Unsafe Abortion in a Teenage Nigerian Girl
Annals of Health Research, 2022 Uterine inversion is a rare but life-threatening obstetric emergency, complicating 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 50,000 deliveries. Very rarely, this condition also complicates unsafe abortion.
Nyeche S, Ubom AE
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Rethinking the role of alpha toxin in Clostridium perfringens-associated enteric diseases : a review on bovine necro-haemorrhagic enteritis [PDF]
, 2017 Bovine necro-haemorrhagic enteritis is an economically important disease caused by Clostridium perfringens type A strains. The disease mainly affects calves under intensive rearing conditions and is characterized by sudden death associated with small ...
Deprez, Piet +6 more
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Vojnosanitetski pregled, 2008 Background. Fournier's gangrene (FG) represents a necrotizing infection of the skin and subcutaneous soft tissue of the external genitalia and perineum. It arises as a result of propagation of anorectal, urogenital and skin infections. The principles of treatment include improving general condition of a patient, debridement of wound, excision of ...
Branko Kosevic +4 more
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Multiple myeloma presenting as extensive limb gangrene
Journal of Applied Hematology, 2014 Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis is one of the rare manifestations of plasma cell dyscrasias. A 54-year-old diabetic housewife presented with pain and blackish discoloration of her right foot and medial four fingers of the right hand.
Mansoor C Abdulla +3 more
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An intriguing autopsy case of gangrene intestine [PDF]
, 2006 Background Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is one of the most common causes of hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism is a known cause of hyperlipidemia. There is a strong correlation between coronary and mesenteric vessel atherosclerosis.
E., E.Jayashankar +4 more
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Diabetes mellitus and necrotizing fasciitis – a deadly combination; case report [PDF]
, 2020 Necrotizing fasciitis is a rapidly destructive affliction of soft tissues, with a mortality rate that may reach 73% of the cases. It is characterized by a progressive inflammation and extended necrosis of the subcutaneous tissue and the fascia ...
Andronache, Liliana Florina +8 more
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1896 Gangrene affecting the ear is a very rare disease. It is mentioned in but three out of seven books on the ear, in my library. I have never seen a case in private practice, nor in my service at the various hospitals and dispensaries, until the following one appeared at my clinic at the Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary: Jan. 8, 1896, George T.,
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