HIV Quadruple Limb Gangrene: An Unusual Presentation and Review of Literature - Surgical Science

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Surgical Science

Volume 4, Issue 10 (October 2013)

ISSN Print: 2157-9407 ISSN Online: 2157-9415

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HIV Quadruple Limb Gangrene: An Unusual Presentation and Review of Literature ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ss.2013.410080 3,699 Downloads 5,644 Views Citations

Author(s)

Edwin Omon Edomwonyi, John Enekele Onuminya, Alfred Oghogho Ogbemudia, Osita Chizoba Nwokike, Emeka Blessius Kesieme

Affiliation(s)

Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT

Vasculitis is one of the less common but important consequence in patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections and presentation with multiple limb gangrene is rare. We therefore report a novel case of quadruple limb gangrene in a patient with HIV infection.

KEYWORDS

HIV; Quadruple Limb Gangrene; Presentation; Amputation; Irrua

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E. Edomwonyi, J. Onuminya, A. Ogbemudia, O. Nwokike and E. Kesieme, "HIV Quadruple Limb Gangrene: An Unusual Presentation and Review of Literature," Surgical Science, Vol. 4 No. 10, 2013, pp. 411-414. doi: 10.4236/ss.2013.410080.

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