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| :'''''Not''' to be confused with [[nodular fasciitis]]''. | | :'''''Not''' to be confused with [[nodular fasciitis]]''. |
| *[[AKA]] ''flesh-eating disease''. | | *[[AKA]] ''flesh-eating disease''. |
| ===General===
| | {{Main|Necrotizing fasciitis}} |
| *High mortality.
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| *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>
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| *Classically associated with ''Group A streptococcus''.
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| Treatment:
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| *Operative debridement.
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:
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| *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>
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| **[[PMN]]s and necrotic debris (amorphous grey or pink material).
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| Note:
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| *Fat lobules between septae may be normal.
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| DDx:
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| *[[Cellulitis]].
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| Images:
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| *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Necrotizing_fasciitis_-_intermed_mag.jpg Necrotizing fasciitis - intermed. mag. (WC)].
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| *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Necrotizing_fasciitis_-_high_mag.jpg Necrotizing fasciitis - high mag. (WC)].
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| ==Porokeratosis== | | ==Porokeratosis== |