Aspergillosis presenting as Koebner's phenomenon in a healed scald.
Koebner's phenomenon is an uncommon postburn complication. The following report describes a female child who sustained an 80% total body surface area scald which healed with conservative treatment. She developed a cutaneous Aspergillus infection involving only the previously scalded areas. The uninjured skin remained normal. She went on to develop systemic aspergillosis and died of multi-organ failure.
Williams
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St Andrews Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, UK.
Moiemen
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Frame
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D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*