Erysipelas, Cellulitis, Lymphedema, Ulcer - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

erysipelas cellulitis lymphedema ulcer

Body Site

leg knee

Age

15 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

red

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

Comments

A 15 year old girl with spina bifida, chronic lymphedema, recurrent cellulitis and below the ankle amputation of the right leg developed rapidly advancing erythema and edema of the right leg associated with fever and chills. She deffervesced quickly on parenteral antibiotics, and cultures from the ulcer on the stump and blisters that developed over the red patches grew Staphylococcus aureus.

Description

advancing edematous red plaques, lymphedema, ulcerated stump

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12/2/2001 0:19:16

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