87 year old female who elected not to treat DVT in left leg | Figure 1

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Case Description

87 year old female who elected not to treat DVT in left leg for 2 years. Nursing home staff was moving her from chair to bed & heard a “snap”, which was her leg auto-amputating. Second photo is the necrotic lower limb in a medical waste bag. Patient was taken into surgery shortly after arriving at ER for amputation.

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