Symmetrical peripheral gangrene complicating ventricular pseudoaneurysm: a report of an unusual case and a brief review of the literature

An Bras Dermatol. 2016 Sep-Oct;91(5 suppl 1):169-171. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20165061.

Abstract

Symmetrical peripheral gangrene is an ischemic necrosis simultaneously involving the distal portions of two or more extremities without any proximal arterial obstruction or vasculitis. It may occur as a result of a large number of infectious and non-infectious causes. A few cases of symmetrical peripheral gangrene associated with cardiac disease have been described in the literature. We describe a case of symmetrical peripheral gangrene complicating ventricular pseudoaneurysm, probably a hitherto unreported occurrence. In this report, we sought to emphasize the importance of cardiac evaluation while dealing with a case of symmetrical peripheral gangrene.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, False / complications*
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Foot Dermatoses / etiology*
  • Foot Dermatoses / pathology
  • Gangrene / etiology*
  • Gangrene / pathology
  • Heart Aneurysm / complications*
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / complications
  • Skin / pathology
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / complications
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging