Brown recluse spider bite on the breast.
Brown recluse spiders are one of two types of spiders in the United States that can cause significant tissue damage and, in rare cases, death. Brown recluse spider bites are most often benign and self-limiting, but in a few cases can cause severe necrotic skin lesions.
Kori Norris practices at Family Medicine Centers in Amarillo, Tex. Subhasis Misra is an associate professor in the Department of Surgery and chief of gastrointestinal/hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Amarillo. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
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D000818:Animals; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D063287:Brown Recluse Spider; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000379:methods; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis / Q000473:pathology; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment; D001098:Spider Bites / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology
D002981:Clindamycin