Unusual cause of foot defect in patient with diabetes mellitus

Abstract

Foot complications are one of the most serious and costly complications of diabetes mellitus. Amputation of a part of a lower extremity is usually preceded by a foot ulcer.

There have been also other not so typical causes of foot defect. The paper describe a history of a male diabetic patient with an atypical course of the foot defect.

Keywords

• diabetes mellitus
• diabetic foot
• interdigital mycosis
• malignant melanoblastoma