Rubin AI, Grossman ME. Bull's-eye cutaneous infarct of zygomycosis: A bedside diagnosis confirmed by touch preparation.
J Am Acad Dermatol 2004;
51:996-1001. [PMID:
15583599 DOI:
10.1016/j.jaad.2004.07.027]
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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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