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==Necrotizing fasciitis== | |||
*[[AKA]] ''flesh-eating disease''. | |||
===General=== | |||
*High mortality. | |||
*May be diagnosed at [[frozen section]].<ref name=pmid9386043>{{Cite journal | last1 = Majeski | first1 = J. | last2 = Majeski | first2 = E. | title = Necrotizing fasciitis: improved survival with early recognition by tissue biopsy and aggressive surgical treatment. | journal = South Med J | volume = 90 | issue = 11 | pages = 1065-8 | month = Nov | year = 1997 | doi = | PMID = 9386043 }}</ref> | |||
Treatment: | |||
*Operative debridement. | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features: | |||
*Necrosis of fascia - '''key feature'''.<ref name=pmid15735411>{{Cite journal | last1 = Wong | first1 = CH. | last2 = Wang | first2 = YS. | title = The diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis. | journal = Curr Opin Infect Dis | volume = 18 | issue = 2 | pages = 101-6 | month = Apr | year = 2005 | doi = | PMID = 15735411 | URL = http://www.sepeap.org/archivos/pdf/9859.pdf }}</ref> | |||
DDx: | |||
*[[Cellulitis]]. | |||
==Porokeratosis== | ==Porokeratosis== | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||