Leg ulcer

Leg ulcer
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation: Gross view of thighs and legs at autopsy ecchymoses with central necrosis and ulceration looks like pyoderma gangrenosum. Image courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission © PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Leg ulcers usually refer to ulcers of the lower leg. The most common cause of leg ulcers is venous insufficiency.

Differential diagnosis of causes of a leg ulcer

In alphabetical order.

• Anemia
• Arteriosclerosis
• Arteriovenous malformation
• Basal cell carcinoma
• Blastomycosis
• Bullous Disease
• Buerger's disease
• Burns
• Cellulitis
• Coccidiomycosis
• Cold agglutinin disease
• Cold injury
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Contact dermatitis
• Decubitus ulcer
• Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Diabetic neuropathy
• Drugs
• Ecthyma
• Embolism
• Furuncle
• Gaucher's Disease
• Gout
• Histoplasmosis
• Insect bites
• Kaposi's Sarcoma
• Leprosy
• Leukemia
• Lymphangitis
• Lymphedema
• Macroglobulinemia
• Malnutrition
• Melanoma
• Metastases
• Mycosis fungoides
• Osteomyelitis
• Other allergic conditions
• Peripheral vascular disease
• Polyarteritis
• Polycythemia Vera
• Protozoal infection
• Protein C deficiency
• Protein S deficiency
• Radiation dermatitis
• Raynaud's Syndrome
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Scleroderma
• Septic emboli
• Sickle Cell Anemia
• Sporotrichosis
• Squamous cell carcinoma
• Syringomyelia
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
• Tabes Dorsalis
• Thalassemia
• Trauma
• Tuberculosis
• Venous insufficiency

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