PA Anatomy: Limbs: Case 4

This foot looks very washed-out, and the bones are hard to see overall. This suggests osteopenia or loss of bone mineralization. In the soft tissues are some faint linear calcifications that are in the walls of vessels. Small vessel damage is common in diabetes, and can show this appearance. Mouse over the labels to see the ulcer and the underlying bone. The concern is for an infection that has spread to the bone, called osteomyelitis.

red-digital arteries,
orange-metatarsal arteries, green-tarsal arteries,
purple-dorsalis pedis artery