Exaggerated Arthropod Bite: A Case Report and Review of the Mimics.

Exaggerated Arthropod Bite: A Case Report and Review of the Mimics. - 2018

Exaggerated arthropod bite reactions causing hemorrhagic or necrotic bullous lesions can mimic other serious conditions such as cutaneous anthrax, brown recluse spider bite, and tularemia. A 55- year-old, healthy woman presented to the emergency department with a 3.5-centimeter painless, collapsed hemorrhagic bulla at the left costal margin. She was afebrile and had no systemic symptoms. Laboratory evaluation was unremarkable. She was prescribed silver sulfadiazine cream and mupirocin ointment. The area denuded two days later and the lesion completely healed. This case illustrates the broad differential to be considered when evaluating patients with hemorrhagic bullous lesions.


English

2474-252X

10.5811/cpcem.2017.12.37034 [doi] cpcem-02-58 [pii] PMC5965142 [pmc]


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MedStar Washington Hospital Center


Emergency Medicine


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