title: [The clinical significance of morphological study of the skin in patients with diabetic microangiopathy of the lower extremities].
abstract: Results are analyzed of a morphologic investigation designed to study the skin in 62 patients with diabetic microangiopathy of the lower extremities. Criteria are provided reflecting stage-dependent signs of the disorder by changes in the skin. In 23 patients, a possibility has also been explored of our using cryostat-aided sections in a rapid histological investigation (within 1 to 2 hours) to determine the stage of angiopathy. Morphological diagnosis is of particular value in patients with pyo-inflammatory processes in the inferior limbs in whom clinical verification is a challenge, in which case it proved to be helpful for the purpose of selecting a suitable treatment option as well.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Balatskiĭ
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*