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Rare necrotic lesion in a pregnant woman
- Source :
- Journal of Clinical Pathology. 71:472-472
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- BMJ, 2018.
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Abstract
- A 34-year-old female community nurse in her first trimester of pregnancy presented with a 2-week history of a tender, swollen and hyperkeratotic lesion on her chest with no history of trauma. The lesion started as a red ‘spot’, became crusted, pustular and formed an eschar. A generous incisional biopsy was taken. Review the high-quality, interactive digital Aperio slide at http://virtualacp.com/JCPCases/jclinpath-2017-204459 and consider your diagnosis. 1. Anthrax 2. Cowpox 3. Orf 4. Pseudocowpox (Milker’s nodule) 5. Varicella zoster The correct answer is after the discussion. Histopathology shows superficial ulceration, …
- Subjects :
- Adult
Thorax
medicine.medical_specialty
030232 urology & nephrology
Eschar
Pseudocowpox
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Diagnosis, Differential
Lesion
Necrosis
030207 dermatology & venereal diseases
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Pregnancy
medicine
Humans
business.industry
Cowpox
Nodule (medicine)
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Dermatology
Female
Histopathology
Dermatopathology
Differential diagnosis
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14724146, 00219746, and 20172044
- Volume :
- 71
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ffb4dd957e016d3e44f5f48a9b5f25fb