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A Localized Form of Septic Vasculitis

Robert M. Hurwitz, MD; Rosalind D. Leaming, MD; Randall K. Horine, MD

Arch Dermatol. 1984;120(1):87-92.

Abstract
• Cutaneous biopsy specimens from two patients with localized, bacterial, necrotic cellulitis showed a neutrophilic vasculitis with fibrin thrombi, changes indistinguishable from those seen in a third patient with bacterial septicemia. Additional clinical information may be needed before a definitive diagnosis of localized or systemic septic vasculitis can be made with certainty. The clinical and microscopic features of the lesions and their pathologic mechanisms are discussed.

(Arch Dermatol 1984;120:87-92)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Medicine, St Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Jan 11, 1983.

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