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===Clinical and Associated Features=== | ===Clinical and Associated Features=== | ||
===Differential Diagnosis=== | ===Differential Diagnosis=== | ||
*Blood vessel ulcers | |||
**Venous - 80% of [[leg ulcers]] are venous. Painless, shallow with an irregular border | |||
**Arterial - rubbish blood flow due to [[atherosclerosis]] | |||
*[[Diabetic neuropathy]] - you lose feeling in your feet, start walking on plugs and then get a hole/ulcer in your foot. | |||
*Cancer - these will generally start out a [[crazy moles]]. Important because some moles will kill you. Especially, if they're angry. | |||
*Trauma - either being hit or a ''pressure sore'' | |||
*Rarely, [[vasculitis]] | |||
===Investigations=== | ===Investigations=== | ||
===Management=== | ===Management=== | ||
Latest revision as of 14:52, 13 December 2009
Definition
Epidemiology
Pathophysiology
Clinical and Associated Features
Differential Diagnosis
- Blood vessel ulcers
- Venous - 80% of leg ulcers are venous. Painless, shallow with an irregular border
- Arterial - rubbish blood flow due to atherosclerosis
- Diabetic neuropathy - you lose feeling in your feet, start walking on plugs and then get a hole/ulcer in your foot.
- Cancer - these will generally start out a crazy moles. Important because some moles will kill you. Especially, if they're angry.
- Trauma - either being hit or a pressure sore
- Rarely, vasculitis