RESUMEN

A 78-year-old diabetic woman experienced multiple sites of gangrene not only in fingers that were directly bitten by a dog but also in fingers and toes that had not beenbitten. Her glycemic control was fair and microvascular complications were mild. There were no clinical findings related to angitis, collagenosis or severe infection. The fingers and toes with gangrene were amputated. The pathological diagnosis was diabetic gangrene. This report presents a case of multiple sites of gangrene of the fingers and toes after a dog bite in an elderly patient with type 2 diabetes.

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Mordeduras y Picaduras/complicaciones , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/complicaciones , Perros , Gangrena/etiología , Anciano , Amputación Quirúrgica , Angiografía , Animales , Complicaciones de la Diabetes/etiología , Complicaciones de la Diabetes/cirugía , Femenino , Dedos/diagnóstico por imagen , Dedos/patología , Dedos/cirugía , Gangrena/diagnóstico por imagen , Gangrena/cirugía , Humanos , Dedos del Pie/diagnóstico por imagen , Dedos del Pie/patología , Dedos del Pie/cirugía