Violaceous necrotic plaques on the leg of an immunosuppressed patient. Cutaneous mucormycosis

JAMA Dermatol. 2014 Jan;150(1):79-81. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.5322.

Authors

Shuai Xu¹, Vinod E Nambudiri², Steven Tahan³, Su-jean Seo⁴

Affiliations

¹ Medical student at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² resident in the Harvard Combined Dermatology Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 24196118
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.5322

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Biopsy
Bone Marrow Transplantation / methods
Humans
Immunocompromised Host*
Leg Ulcer / diagnosis*
Leg Ulcer / microbiology
Leg Ulcer / pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Mucormycosis / diagnosis*
Mucormycosis / microbiology
Mucormycosis / pathology
Necrosis
Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis*
Opportunistic Infections / microbiology
Opportunistic Infections / pathology