The red leg dilemma: a scoping review of the challenges of diagnosing lower limb cellulitis.

CONCLUSIONS: This review highlights the range of alternative pathologies that can be misdiagnosed as cellulitis, and emerging services and diagnostic aids developed to minimise misdiagnosis. Future work should focus on gaining a greater qualitative understanding of the diagnostic challenges from the perspective of patients and clinicians. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. PMID: 30422315 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of Dermatology - Category: Dermatology Authors: Tags: Br J Dermatol Source Type: research