Disseminated aspergillosis presenting as a skin abscess.
An immunocompromised patient presented with chronic low back pain as the initial symptom and a subcutaneous abscess as the initial sign of disseminated aspergillosis. With the rising incidence of immunocompromised patients, cutaneous manifestation of aspergillosis may become more common.
Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio.
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D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000209:etiology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology