Bull's-eye cutaneous infarct of zygomycosis: a bedside diagnosis confirmed by touch preparation.
We report an immunocompromised woman with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who developed cutaneous zygomycosis at the site of an arterial line. The initial lesion resembled a bulls-eye. Bull's-eye lesions of zygomycosis have been reported twice before. Recognition of this sign may allow the dermatologist to make a rapid presumptive diagnosis and initiate treatment for this life-threatening infection.
Rubin
Adam I
AI
Department of Dermatology, Consultation Service, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.
Grossman
Marc E
ME
D000368:Aged; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000150:complications; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012233:Rhizopus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D020096:Zygomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis