Medicine:Chronic undermining burrowing ulcer
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Short description: Abdominal or chest wall after operations for septic condition.
| Chronic undermining burrowing ulcer | |
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| Other names | Meleney gangrene, or Meleney's ulcer |
| Specialty | Dermatology |
Chronic undermining burrowing ulcer is a cutaneous condition that is a postoperative, progressive bacterial gangrene.[1]:269 It is seen in immunocompromised individuals, mostly after post abdominal surgery and rapidly spreads to involve a large area.[citation needed]
See also
- Skin lesion
References
- ↑ James, William D. et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
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