Markelov Alexey, Defroda Steven, Baccaro Leopoldo, Bastidas Jamie
Department of Surgery, Easton Hospital, Drexel University College of Medicine, Easton, PA 18042, USA.
Case Rep Vasc Med. 2012;2012:750953. doi: 10.1155/2012/750953. Epub 2012 Dec 13.
We present here the case of a 70-year-old female who developed a systemic peripheral gangrene in both of her upper extremities (all fingers) and her right foot due to a severe septic shock requiring a systemic vasopressor therapy. Interestingly, the patient's left foot remained spared from gangrenous changes possibly due to a chronic external iliac artery occlusion and thus the lower concentration of vasopressors in that extremity.