Infectious Diabetic Gangrene of the Skin of the Neck

Abstract
WHEN diabetes mellitus and gangrene are associated, one usually thinks of this combination in relation to the extremities, along with arteriosclerotic peripheral vascular disease. Gangrene of other parts of the body is considered to be a rare complication of diabetes mellitus. Nevertheless a growing, if scattered, literature on this complication is accumulating. There has been reported diabetic gangrene of the nasal septum and turbinates,1 2 3 4 5 the orbit and nares,5 , 6 the nares alone,7 , 8 the right half of the tongue,6 the lip,9 the skin of the entire body,10 the face,5 , 6 , 11 12 13 the lung,14 the vulva15 and the glans penis and urethra.16 It is our . . .

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