Gangrene: Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases (E00-E90).

  • Gangrene in diabetes mellitus

Skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)

  • Pyoderma gangraenosum (synonym: ulcerative dermatitis) – painful disease of the skin in which ulceration or ulceration (ulceration or ulceration) and gangrene (death of the skin) occur over a large area, usually in one spot

Cardiovascular system (I00-I99).

  • Gangrene associated with arteriosclerosis
  • Gangrene in other peripheral vascular diseases

Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).

  • Gangraena emphysematosa (gas gangrene) – wound infection caused mainly by bacteria of the Clostridium species.

Genitourinary system (kidneys, urinary tract – sex organs) (N00-N99).

  • Fournier’s gangrene – infection of the genitals associated with (partial) gangrene.

Injuries, poisonings, and other sequelae of external causes (S00-T98).

  • Gangraena congelationis – stage 3 frostbite.