Abstract
A 22-year-old homeless male psychiatric patient of Ghanaian origin was diagnosed with severe frostbite in both lower legs. The lesion consisted of haemorrhagic blistering with already visible demarcation. When sepsis developed both lower legs had to be amputated as a matter of urgency.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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English Abstract
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Amputation, Surgical
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Cold Temperature / adverse effects
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Frostbite / ethnology
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Frostbite / surgery*
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Ghana / ethnology
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Humans
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Ill-Housed Persons / psychology*
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Male
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Mental Disorders / complications*
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Mental Disorders / ethnology
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Mental Disorders / psychology
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Sepsis / complications
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Weather