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ea0037ep511 | Diabetes (complications & therapy) | ECE2015

A puzzling bilateral diabetic foot problem

Denecker Nathalie , Aerden Dimitri , De Maeseneer Michel

Introduction: Charcot neuroartropathy (CN) is a devastating complication of diabetes rapidly leading to irreversible foot deformity when misdiagnosed. Differential diagnosis with foot infections and other foot-related diseases remains challenging.Case: A 58-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes was hospitalised with a red, swollen left leg and high fever. The diagnosis of erysipelas with a neuropathic wound of the first digit as the entry wound was establi...