The diabetic foot - diagnostic difficulties.
Foot disease is the most common complication of diabetes leading to hospitalization.<br /> Pathologic processes that develop in the diabetic foot depends on:<br /> - vascular problems - septic diabetic foot <br /> - neurologic problems - aseptic diabetic foot<br /> - both vascular and neurologic problems - mixed diabetic foot.<br /> Diagnostic imaging has a great importance in establishing the diagnose, staging of foot changes and plan the treatment. The first choice in the study is still conventional plain x-ray, as a second procedures the US, CT, MRI and scintigraphy should be used.<br /> Authors presents diagnostic difficulties in assessment of diabetic foot lesions.
Błasińska-Przerwa
Katarzyna
K
Swiatkowski
Jan
J
Michałowska
Ilona
I
Półtorak
Dorota
D
Kotapski
Jacek
J