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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | NECROTIZING_FASCIITIS_1_060101 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING / GANGRENE / FOURNIER GANGRENE OF SCROTUM | Category: | abscess / infections and infestations / ulcer | ||
| Body Site: | buttock / scrotum scrotum | Age: | 40 years | ||
| Contributor: | Siddharth Lakhotia, MD | ||||
| Description: | symmetric deep necrotic ulcer with surrounding crust, erythema, and hyperpigmentation | ||||
| Comments: | This 40-year-old man with uncontrolled diabetes developed a deep ulcerated wound with foul smelling discharge on his buttocks and scrotum | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | Necrotizing_Fasciitis_1_030302 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING / ULCER | Category: | infections and infestations / ulcer | ||
| Body Site: | leg / foot | Age: | 30 years | ||
| Contributor: | Ben Barankin, MD | ||||
| Description: | 30 y.o. caucasian Male with Right leg progressive pain following bee sting. Developed necrotizing fasciits within 2 days. | ||||
| Comments: | A 30-year-old man developed rapidly progressive painful erythema and edema of the right foot following a bee sting. Necrotizing fasciitis was diagnosed, and the area was aggressively debrided in the operating room. | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | cellulitis_4_021130 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | CELLULITIS / FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING / PURPURA / IMMUNODEFICIENCY, ACQUIRED | Category: | infections and infestations / purpura | ||
| Body Site: | abdomen / groin scrotum / genital | Age: | 3 years | ||
| Contributor: | Bernard Cohen, MD | ||||
| Description: | tender edematous red and purple patches and plaques | ||||
| Comments: | This 3 year old boy, with acute lymphocytic leukemia and a falling neutrophile count following high dose cytotoxic chemotherapy, developed tender edematous confluent rapidly progressive red and purple patches on his right buttock, scrotum, penis, perineum, groin and lower abdominal wall. The areas continue to spread despite broad spectrum antibiotic treatment. Computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis revealed soft tissue air in the right buttock. At surgery a large abscess in the right gluteal muscle was drained and a Gram stain showed Gram positive rods suggestive of Clostridium. One day after surgery the edema, tenderness, and erythema were markedly improved. | ||||
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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | cellulitis_3_021130 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | CELLULITIS / FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING / PURPURA / IMMUNODEFICIENCY, ACQUIRED | Category: | infections and infestations / purpura | ||
| Body Site: | abdomen / groin scrotum / genital | Age: | 3 years | ||
| Contributor: | Bernard Cohen, MD | ||||
| Description: | tender edematous red and purple patches and plaques | ||||
| Comments: | This 3 year old boy, with acute lymphocytic leukemia and a falling neutrophile count following high dose cytotoxic chemotherapy, developed tender edematous confluent rapidly progressive red and purple patches on his right buttock, scrotum, penis, perineum, groin and lower abdominal wall. The areas continue to spread despite broad spectrum antibiotic treatment. Computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis revealed soft tissue air in the right buttock. At surgery a large abscess in the right gluteal muscle was drained and a Gram stain showed Gram positive rods suggestive of Clostridium. One day after surgery the edema, tenderness, and erythema were markedly improved. | ||||
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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | cellulitis_2_021130 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | CELLULITIS / FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING / PURPURA / IMMUNODEFICIENCY, ACQUIRED | Category: | infections and infestations / purpura | ||
| Body Site: | buttock / hip scrotum / genital | Age: | 3 years | ||
| Contributor: | Bernard Cohen, MD | ||||
| Description: | tender edematous red and purple patches and plaques | ||||
| Comments: | This 3 year old boy, with acute lymphocytic leukemia and a falling neutrophile count following high dose cytotoxic chemotherapy, developed tender edematous confluent rapidly progressive red and purple patches on his right buttock, scrotum, penis, perineum, groin and lower abdominal wall. The areas continue to spread despite broad spectrum antibiotic treatment. Computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis revealed soft tissue air in the right buttock. At surgery a large abscess in the right gluteal muscle was drained and a Gram stain showed Gram positive rods suggestive of Clostridium. One day after surgery the edema, tenderness, and erythema were markedly improved. | ||||
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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | cellulitis_1_021130 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | CELLULITIS / FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING / PURPURA / IMMUNODEFICIENCY, ACQUIRED | Category: | infections and infestations / purpura | ||
| Body Site: | buttock / hip scrotum / genital | Age: | 3 years | ||
| Contributor: | Bernard Cohen, MD | ||||
| Description: | tender edematous red and purple patches and plaques | ||||
| Comments: | This 3 year old boy, with acute lymphocytic leukemia and a falling neutrophile count following high dose cytotoxic chemotherapy, developed tender edematous confluent rapidly progressive red and purple patches on his right buttock, scrotum, penis, perineum, groin and lower abdominal wall. The areas continue to spread despite broad spectrum antibiotic treatment. Computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis revealed soft tissue air in the right buttock. At surgery a large abscess in the right gluteal muscle was drained and a Gram stain showed Gram positive rods suggestive of Clostridium. One day after surgery the edema, tenderness, and erythema were markedly improved. | ||||
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