Open AccessDiabetic Foot Infection Impostors
Author(s) -
Radhika Jindal,
Subhash Kumar Wangnoo,
Mohammad Akhtar Siddiqui
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of foot and ankle surgery (asia pacific)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2394-7705
pISSN - 2348-280X
DOI - 10.5005/jp-journals-10040-1054
Subject(s) - medicine , pyoderma gangrenosum , necrobiosis lipoidica , foot (prosody) , diabetic foot , diabetes mellitus , surgery , dermatology , granuloma annulare , ankle , linguistics , philosophy , endocrinology , disease
Diabetic foot complications continue to be the main reason for diabetes-related hospitalization and lower extremity amputations. Most can be cured if managed properly. But improper diagnostic and therapeutic approaches result in many patients needlessly undergoing amputations. There are many other conditions “imposing” as a diabetic foot, which may mislead the diagnosis and management. One should be aware of these conditions and keep a watchful eye for them as well in a diabetic patient. Every ulcer in a diabetic need not be a diabetic foot ulcer. Some of these diabetic foot infection imposters are discussed herewith and these include pyoderma gangrenosum, squamous cell carcinoma in a chronic ulcer, venous ulcer, bullosis diabeticorum, necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum, malignant melanoma, thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO), superficial thrombophlebitis, erythema nodosum, and granuloma annulare. How to cite this article Wangnoo SK, Jindal R, Siddiqui MA. Diabetic Foot Infection Impostors. J Foot Ankle Surg (Asia- Pacific) 2016;3(2):88-91.