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Bull's-eye cutaneous infarct of zygomycosis: a bedside diagnosis confirmed by touch preparation.

Adam I Rubin1, Marc E Grossman.   

Abstract

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.

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Year:  2004        PMID: 15583599     DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2004.07.027

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Am Acad Dermatol        ISSN: 0190-9622            Impact factor:   11.527


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