Idiopathic Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene: A Rare Clinical Entity

Symmetrical peripheral gangrene (SPG) is a rare disorder leading to ischemic necrosis of extremities. We present a rare case of idiopathic SPG in a 58-year-old male who did not seek any medical care, and history was elucidated only after he presented one year later for treatment of pneumonia. Extens...

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Autores principales: Gaba, Saurabh, Syal, Arshi, Arya, Yajur, Gupta, Monica, Kaur, Amanjot
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8114964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33996310
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14447
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author Gaba, Saurabh
Syal, Arshi
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Gupta, Monica
Kaur, Amanjot
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description Symmetrical peripheral gangrene (SPG) is a rare disorder leading to ischemic necrosis of extremities. We present a rare case of idiopathic SPG in a 58-year-old male who did not seek any medical care, and history was elucidated only after he presented one year later for treatment of pneumonia. Extensive investigations revealed no etiology. SPG can result from a variety of conditions that cause disseminated intravascular coagulation and lead to distal hypoperfusion. The treatment is aimed at the control of the underlying disease and wound management.
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spelling pubmed-81149642021-05-14 Idiopathic Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene: A Rare Clinical Entity Gaba, Saurabh Syal, Arshi Arya, Yajur Gupta, Monica Kaur, Amanjot Cureus Internal Medicine Symmetrical peripheral gangrene (SPG) is a rare disorder leading to ischemic necrosis of extremities. We present a rare case of idiopathic SPG in a 58-year-old male who did not seek any medical care, and history was elucidated only after he presented one year later for treatment of pneumonia. Extensive investigations revealed no etiology. SPG can result from a variety of conditions that cause disseminated intravascular coagulation and lead to distal hypoperfusion. The treatment is aimed at the control of the underlying disease and wound management. Cureus 2021-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8114964/ /pubmed/33996310 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14447 Text en Copyright © 2021, Gaba et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Gaba, Saurabh
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Idiopathic Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene: A Rare Clinical Entity
title Idiopathic Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene: A Rare Clinical Entity
title_full Idiopathic Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene: A Rare Clinical Entity
title_fullStr Idiopathic Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene: A Rare Clinical Entity
title_full_unstemmed Idiopathic Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene: A Rare Clinical Entity
title_short Idiopathic Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene: A Rare Clinical Entity
title_sort idiopathic symmetrical peripheral gangrene: a rare clinical entity
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8114964/
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