Chronic undermining burrowing ulcer
Chronic undermining burrowing ulcer (also known as Meleney gangrene, or Meleney's ulcer) is a cutaneous condition that is a postoperative, progressive bacterial gangrene.[1]:269 It is seen in immunocompromised individuals, mostly after post abdominal surgery and rapidly spreads to involve a large area.
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