Citation

Oya J, Hanai K, Miura J, Maruyama S, Ishii A, Syono K, Shinjo T, Iwamoto Y. Intern. Med. 2011; 50(12): 1303-1307.

Affiliation

Diabetes Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan. johya@dmc.twmu.ac.jp

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Japanese Society of Internal Medicine)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

21673466

Abstract

A 78-year-old diabetic woman experienced multiple sites of gangrene not only in fingers that were directly bitten by a dog but also in fingers and toes that had not beenbitten. Her glycemic control was fair and microvascular complications were mild. There were no clinical findings related to angitis, collagenosis or severe infection. The fingers and toes with gangrene were amputated. The pathological diagnosis was diabetic gangrene. This report presents a case of multiple sites of gangrene of the fingers and toes after a dog bite in an elderly patient with type 2 diabetes.

Keywords: Animal Bites; Dog Bites

Language: en