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Kosman Sadek Zikry, MD

Diagnosis

ulcer cellulitis

Body Site

abdomen

Age

50 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

Color

black red

Morphology

ulcerated (erosion / ulcer)

Pattern

solitary

Comments

This 50-year-old diabetic woman developed a necrotic ulcer in a dehisced wound resulting from excision of uterine fibroids 2 weeks earlier. She was readmitted to the hospital for parenteral antibiotics and debridement of the wound.

Description

deep ulcer covered with black eschar and purulent exudate

Categories

infections and infestations ulcer diabetes mellitus associated

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4/2/2003 22:53:39

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