Open AccessLocalized ecthyma gangrenosum without sepsis in a neutropenic patient with a myelodysplastic syndrome—Refractory anemia with excess blasts type 2
Author(s) -
Zanella Anaïs,
Faure Cyril,
Merle Catherine,
Charollais Romain,
Aubin François
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.2314
Subject(s) - medicine , refractory anemia , dermatology , sepsis , anemia , refractory (planetary science) , myelodysplastic syndromes , pyoderma gangrenosum , bone marrow , disease , physics , astrobiology
The diagnosis of ecthyma gangrenosum should be evoked in front of maculopapular lesions rapidly evolving to necroting ulcers, particularly in the presence of prolonged neutropaenia or other hematological malignancies.