Cellulitis

Case contributed by Pir Abdul Ahad Aziz Qureshi
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Right leg erythematous swelling over the lateral malleolus.

Patient Data

Age: 35 years
Gender: Male
x-ray

Soft tissue swelling along the lateral aspect of the lateral malleolus of the right fibula with small overlying skin defect (red arrow in annotated image). No obvious underlying bony erosion is noted. No acute fracture is seen.

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