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Unmasking Peripheral Arterial Disease in Diabetic Patients Presenting With Inflammatory Skin Manifestations During the COVID-19 Pandemic by George S. Georgiadis; Christos Argyriou; Efstratios I. Georgakarakos; Miltos K. Lazarides is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Unmasking Peripheral Arterial Disease in Diabetic Patients Presenting With Inflammatory Skin Manifestations During the COVID-19 Pandemic about?
We read with great interest the study by Zinder et al 1 describing 3 patients with COVID-19-induced skin changes. According to Zheng et al, 2 2 types of pathological changes of skin lesions in COVID-19 patients prevail: the skin immune-inflammatory reaction characterized by infiltration of inflammatory cells in the dermis, and vasculitis due to structural damage of vascular endothelium and microvascular embolism. In a systematic review, 3 the prevalence of COVID-19 cutaneous manifestations was 0.2% to 20.5%. This wide variation indicates that more clinical data are needed to further identify the causal relationship between the virus and skin changes. Furthermore, the potential relationship between COVID-19 and diabetic foot cannot be excluded. It remains unclear if the production of proinflammatory cytokines in the event of a COVID-19 infection aggravates diabetic foot or vice versa. This bidirectional relationship could be augmented in the presence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), leading to a triple catastrophe. In this context, we should not fail to detect PAD. Indeed, medical history, physical examination (palpation of peripheral pulses), and measurement of ankle-brachia
Who reads Unmasking Peripheral Arterial Disease in Diabetic Patients Presenting With Inflammatory Skin Manifestations During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
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- Author
- George S. Georgiadis; Christos Argyriou; Efstratios I. Georgakarakos; Miltos K. Lazarides
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)