| IMAGES IN VASCULAR SURGERY |
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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 166-167 |
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Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene Complicating Vivax Malaria
Krishnarpan Chatterjee1, Chetana Sen2
1 Department of Medicine, ESI Medical College, Joka, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2 Department of Medicine, Kolkata Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Krishnarpan Chatterjee
Department of Medicine, ESI Medical College, Joka, Kolkata, West Bengal
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0972-0820.180128
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We present a case of Plasmodium vivax malaria who presented with distal lower limb gangrene. Large vessels of the lower limb were normal. After ruling out other causes, a diagnosis of symmetrical peripheral gangrene was made. The dry gangrene was treated conservatively, and amputation planned after the line of demarcation was seen. |
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