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Necrotizing Cellulitis and Myositis in a Neutropenic Leukemic Patient
In this article, we review a case of necrotizing cellulitis and myositis in a neutropenic leukemic patient. He underwent a series of investigations to reach the diagnosis of pyoderma gangrenosum (PG). The lesion improved dramatically after pertinent identification and initiation of appropriate treat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8189531/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34123638 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14941 |
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description | In this article, we review a case of necrotizing cellulitis and myositis in a neutropenic leukemic patient. He underwent a series of investigations to reach the diagnosis of pyoderma gangrenosum (PG). The lesion improved dramatically after pertinent identification and initiation of appropriate treatment. The management of PG is exceedingly challenging due to a lack of proper clinical criteria for detection and guidelines for treatment. PG must be considered as a differential in patients with enlarging, sterile, necrotic lesions, unresponsive to prolonged broad-spectrum antibiotics. Prompt recognition can prevent deeper infections and the formation of a chronic open wound causing cosmetic disfigurement along with other catastrophic complications. |
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spelling | pubmed-81895312021-06-10 Necrotizing Cellulitis and Myositis in a Neutropenic Leukemic Patient Alok, Akankcha Greene, John Cureus Dermatology In this article, we review a case of necrotizing cellulitis and myositis in a neutropenic leukemic patient. He underwent a series of investigations to reach the diagnosis of pyoderma gangrenosum (PG). The lesion improved dramatically after pertinent identification and initiation of appropriate treatment. The management of PG is exceedingly challenging due to a lack of proper clinical criteria for detection and guidelines for treatment. PG must be considered as a differential in patients with enlarging, sterile, necrotic lesions, unresponsive to prolonged broad-spectrum antibiotics. Prompt recognition can prevent deeper infections and the formation of a chronic open wound causing cosmetic disfigurement along with other catastrophic complications. Cureus 2021-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8189531/ /pubmed/34123638 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14941 Text en Copyright © 2021, Alok et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/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 author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Dermatology Alok, Akankcha Greene, John Necrotizing Cellulitis and Myositis in a Neutropenic Leukemic Patient |
title | Necrotizing Cellulitis and Myositis in a Neutropenic Leukemic Patient |
title_full | Necrotizing Cellulitis and Myositis in a Neutropenic Leukemic Patient |
title_fullStr | Necrotizing Cellulitis and Myositis in a Neutropenic Leukemic Patient |
title_full_unstemmed | Necrotizing Cellulitis and Myositis in a Neutropenic Leukemic Patient |
title_short | Necrotizing Cellulitis and Myositis in a Neutropenic Leukemic Patient |
title_sort | necrotizing cellulitis and myositis in a neutropenic leukemic patient |
topic | Dermatology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8189531/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34123638 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14941 |
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