TY - JOUR T1 - A febrile woman with pain in the left lower extremity JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 523 LP - 555 DO - 10.1136/emermed-2020-209979 VL - 38 IS - 7 AU - Shogo Shirane AU - Shota Fukai AU - Hiraku Funakoshi Y1 - 2021/07/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/38/7/523.abstract N2 - A 70-year-old woman was transported to the emergency department with fever and pain in her left lower extremity from 2 days. She had no history of recent trauma. Her vital signs were stable except for high fever. Her left lower extremity was swollen with erythema, especially around the medial malleolus. Soon after arrival, some blisters appeared around her left ankle. We consulted a surgeon, who made a small incision in the compromised area under local anaesthesia. An outflow of clear transudate was established, and he … ER -