TY  - BOOK
AU  - Borhart, Joelle
AU  - Bromberek, Elaine
TI  - Exaggerated Arthropod Bite: A Case Report and Review of the Mimics
SN  - 2474-252X
PY  - 2018///
KW  - IN PROCESS -- NOT YET INDEXED
KW  - MedStar Washington Hospital Center
KW  - Emergency Medicine
KW  - Journal Article
N2  - 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
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2017.12.37034
ER  -