Localized ecthyma gangrenosum without sepsis in a neutropenic patient with a myelodysplastic syndrome-Refractory anemia with excess blasts type 2

Anaïs Zanella; Cyril Faure; Catherine Merle; Romain Charollais; François Aubin

doi:10.1002/ccr3.2314

Localized ecthyma gangrenosum without sepsis in a neutropenic patient with a myelodysplastic syndrome-Refractory anemia with excess blasts type 2

Clin Case Rep. 2019 Aug 9;7(9):1754-1756. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2314. eCollection 2019 Sep.

Authors

Anaïs Zanella^{1

2}, Cyril Faure³, Catherine Merle², Romain Charollais^{1

2}, François Aubin¹

Affiliations

¹ Service de Dermatologie CHU and EA3181 Besançon France.
² Service de Dermatologie Centre Hospitalier de la Haute Saône Vesoul France.
³ Service d'Hématologie Centre Hospitalier de la Haute Saône Vesoul France.

Abstract

The diagnosis of ecthyma gangrenosum should be evoked in front of maculopapular lesions rapidly evolving to necroting ulcers, particularly in the presence of prolonged neutropaenia or other hematological malignancies.

Keywords: ecthyma gangrenosum; myelodysplasia; neutropenia.

Publication types

Case Reports