Figure 104.1
Aetiologies of leg ulcers.
Figure 104.5
Algorithm of the management of venous leg ulcers. CVI, chronic venous insufficiency; VAS, visual analogue scale.
Figure 104.9
Algorithm of the management of arterial leg ulcers (ALUs). VAS, visual analogue scale.
Figure 104.2
Histology of a venous leg ulcer. (a) Fibrotic dermis and subcutis with an apparent increase of vessels (venules) at the level of the subpapillary plex...
Figure 104.6
Mixed leg ulcer. (a) An 80‐year‐old patient with chronic venous insufficiency with lipodermatosclerosis and chronic leg ulceration at the medial ankle...
Figure 104.10
Subcutaneous arteriolosclerosis. (a, b) Skin biopsy showing subcutaneous arteriolosclerosis with medial calcification. (c) Skin biopsy showing stenoti...
Figure 104.3
Venous leg ulcer. (a) A 77‐year‐old patient with chronic venous insufficiency following recurrent venous thromboembolism. There was uncontrolled oedem...
Figure 104.7
Algorithm of the management of mixed leg ulcers. PAD, peripheral arterial disease; PTA, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; VAS, visual analogue s...
Figure 104.11
(a) A 65‐year‐old patient with hypertension (well controlled), diabetes (well controlled) and a polycyclic, figurated, painful ulcer at the laterodors...
Figure 104.4
Post‐thrombotic syndrome. (a) An 80‐year‐old patient with recurrent venous thromboembolism. The right leg shows a large chronic venous leg ulcer (VLU)...
Figure 104.8
Arterial leg ulcer. (a) An 80‐year‐old patient with spontaneous and rapidly progressive, painful skin ulceration at the right lateral ankle region. V...
Figure 104.12
Algorithm of management of hypertensive ischaemic leg ulcers. PTA, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; VAS, visual analogue scale; VLU, venous leg ...
