African health sciences
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African health sciences · Mar 2006
ReviewA review of diagnosis and modes of presentation of tropical idiopathic lower limb gangrene.
Tropical idiopathic lower limb gangrene (TILLG) is also known as Symmetrical gangrene in the African, Idiopathic gangrene in the African and Idiopathic peripheral gangrene of the tropics. The aetiopathogenesis of this clinical entity is a mystery. ⋯ This review is supposed to sensitise the clinician and make diagnosis easier. This will also encourage more researches. As more information becomes available, aetiopathogenesis of TILLG will be clearer and more clinical variants of the disease may be reported. This additional information will help in the prevention of gangrene, reducing the socioeconomic problems arising from amputation.