A single black ulcer in a child with acute lymphocytic leukemia

Ecthyma gangrenosum is an uncommon dermatological manifestation characterized by round, indurated ulcers with a central necrotic black eschar and surrounding erythema. This report describes the case of a 5-year-old girl, affected by acute lymphocytic leukemia, presenting with a black eschar on her r...

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Autores principales: Vestita, Michelangelo, Filoni, Angela, Santoro, Nicola, Arcamone, Gianpaolo, Bonamonte, Domenico
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5193196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28099607
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20164989
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author Vestita, Michelangelo
Filoni, Angela
Santoro, Nicola
Arcamone, Gianpaolo
Bonamonte, Domenico
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description Ecthyma gangrenosum is an uncommon dermatological manifestation characterized by round, indurated ulcers with a central necrotic black eschar and surrounding erythema. This report describes the case of a 5-year-old girl, affected by acute lymphocytic leukemia, presenting with a black eschar on her right thigh. Such lesions should always be correctly identified to avoid potentially fatal bacteraemia. Furthermore, because of its similar clinical presentation, cutaneous anthrax must be ruled out.
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spelling pubmed-51931962016-12-29 A single black ulcer in a child with acute lymphocytic leukemia Vestita, Michelangelo Filoni, Angela Santoro, Nicola Arcamone, Gianpaolo Bonamonte, Domenico An Bras Dermatol Case Report Ecthyma gangrenosum is an uncommon dermatological manifestation characterized by round, indurated ulcers with a central necrotic black eschar and surrounding erythema. This report describes the case of a 5-year-old girl, affected by acute lymphocytic leukemia, presenting with a black eschar on her right thigh. Such lesions should always be correctly identified to avoid potentially fatal bacteraemia. Furthermore, because of its similar clinical presentation, cutaneous anthrax must be ruled out. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5193196/ /pubmed/28099607 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20164989 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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A single black ulcer in a child with acute lymphocytic leukemia
title A single black ulcer in a child with acute lymphocytic leukemia
title_full A single black ulcer in a child with acute lymphocytic leukemia
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title_full_unstemmed A single black ulcer in a child with acute lymphocytic leukemia
title_short A single black ulcer in a child with acute lymphocytic leukemia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5193196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28099607
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20164989
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