Solve this exciting clinical case specific to your field of interest via Docplexus’ Clinical Case Challenge. Join your fellow doctors to discuss and answer today’s challenge. Case presentation A geriatric Caucasian male presented with a three-day history of foul-smelling discharge from his right foot. He was suffering from constant foot pain for the past two weeks and observed redness and bluish discoloration of the fourth digit that was going up the leg. Two months before the present visit, he was operated on for the amputation of the 5 th metatarsal.
The patient described neuropathy of his feet, however palpation of the 4 th digit showed tenderness. The medical history of the patient was significant for hypertension, uncontrolled diabetes, cocaine, and tobacco abuse. Observations in the right foot: An opening of 3.5 cm x 1.5 cm to the 5 th metatarsal resection site. Erythema at the…
