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Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene: An Unusual Occurrence in a 1-Month Old-A Case Report
2020
Rwanda medical journal
INTRODUCTION: Symmetrical peripheral gangrene (SPG) is a disfiguring vascular disorder described as symmetrical distal ischemic damage leading to gangrene of two or more sites in the absence of large vessel obstruction or vasculitis. Although it tends to occur in all age groups, the youngest recorded age to our knowledge is 3.5 months. The etiologies are many and have been grouped into infectious and non-infectious causes. Bacteria and viruses such as Staphyloccocus aureus and HIV and low flow
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