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Symmetrical Gangrene
Symmetrical gangrene is a condition in which gangrene occurs in all four limbs, the nose and ears at the same time. This is a rare condition and only very few cases have been recorded. A number of conditions can cause symmetrical gangrene. These areas, i.e. the limbs, the ears and the nose, represent the outposts of the cardiovascular system. When the body needs to conserve, it conserves at the...
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A 27-year-old woman presented to the clinic with well-demarcated symmetrical dry gangrene of all the toes. The onset was insidious during recent hospitalization for urosepsis and shock. There is no antecedent history of peripheral ischemia, use of oral contraceptive pill, or smoking. Her medical history is significant for hypertension and preeclampsia. Dorsalis pedis and posterior tibial pulses...
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Abstract Background Limb gangrene in neonates is an extremely rare clinical problem and very few cases have been recorded up to now. The clinical findings were mild involvement of skin to full necrosis and gangrene of the involved regions. Unfortunately, in most cases the etiology cannot be established. However, a variety of etiological causes may account for this condition. Case Presentatio...
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Two cases of symmetrical peripheral gangrene associated with intracardiac lesions are described. One had a secondary deposit from a uterine leiomyosarcoma in the wall of the right ventricle, the other had a free ball thrombus in the right atrium; there were no valvular lesions in either case. The published reports of this type of gangrene indicate that it may result from (1) va sospastic condit...
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Abrahams (1948) reported a case of incipient symmetrical peripheral gangrene complicating paroxysmal tachycardia. Swan and Henderson (1951) reported two cases of the same condition in myocardial infarction. It may therefore be' worth while giving an account of another case of symmetrical peripheral gangrene, apparently provoked by pneumonia. The analytical studies of the gases of the arterial b...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1947
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.4510.847