Cutaneous infarction. Manifestation of disseminated mucormycosis.
We describe the second reported case of cutaneous infarction as a manifestation of disseminated mucormycosis. The lesion, which closely resembled ecthyma gangrenosum, occurred in a leukemic patient who was on a regimen of broad-spectrum antibiotics. In this case as in the only other reported case, Mucor pusillus was the cause.
D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D012877:Skin Manifestations