Toe ulceration associated with compression bandaging: observational study

Foot ulcers can be caused by arterial insufficiency, diabetes mellitus, neu ropathy, musculoskeletal. disorders, or injury.(1) The clinical features of an ulcer-such as site, shape, edge, base, and state of the surrounding tis sues-often give some indication of its aetiology and aid in further managem ent and treatment. Ulceration of the foot is seen in some patients with ven ous disease but has not been observed in association with any particular tr eatment regimen.(2) We describe a previously unreported finding of ulcerati on of the toe and cleft, for which there was no demonstrable ischaemic or v asculitic cause, developing in patients treated with compression bandaging for venous ulcers.