Diagnosaurus
Leg ulcers
DDx
- Venous insufficiency
- Arterial insufficiency (arterial ulcer)
- Stasis dermatitis (due to venous insufficiency)
- Diabetic neuropathy
- Bacterial pyoderma (eg, infected wound or bite)
- Trauma
- Pressure ulcer
- Vasculitis, eg, thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger’s disease)
- Rheumatoid arthritis or Felty’s syndrome
- Pyoderma gangrenosum
- Underlying skin cancer
- Sickle cell anemia
- Embolic disease (including cholesterol emboli)
- Cryoglobulinemia
- Erythema induratum (associated with tuberculosis)
- Other underlying infection (eg, fungal, tertiary syphilis, leishmaniasis, amebiasis, dracunculiasis)
- Calciphylaxis
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Leg Ulcers." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114222/all/Leg_ulcers.
Zeiger RFR. Leg ulcers. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114222/all/Leg_ulcers. Accessed November 18, 2024.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Leg ulcers. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114222/all/Leg_ulcers
Zeiger RFR. Leg Ulcers [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2024 November 18]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114222/all/Leg_ulcers.
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