[A young man with a skin lesion after chemotherapy].

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd

Radboudumc, afd. Interne Geneeskunde, Nijmegen.

Published: June 2020

Ecthymagangrenosum is a painful node that rapidly progresses to a necrotic ulcer and occurs as a result of a local infection or hematogenous spread. It has a high mortality rate when treatment is delayed. We describe a 19-year-old male with neutropenic fever due to ecthymagangrenosum caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa without bacteremia.

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