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Lesions that are primarily located centrally on top of the malleoli (15) show markedly different characteristics when compared to the ulcers that arise in the surrounding area (16). An important PAD raises the vulnerability of the prominence on top of the malleoli to such an extent, that this dominates the way this kind of lesions present.
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Hochlenert, D., Engels, G., Morbach, S., Schliwa, S., Game, F.L. (2018). The Malleoli (15–16). In: Diabetic Foot Syndrome. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92055-9_15
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