Localized ecthyma gangrenosum without sepsis in a neutropenic patient with a myelodysplastic syndrome—Refractory anemia with excess blasts type 2

Abstract

Abstract The diagnosis of ecthyma gangrenosum should be evoked in front of maculopapular lesions rapidly evolving to necroting ulcers, particularly in the presence of prolonged neutropaenia or other hematological malignancies.

Keywords

• ecthyma gangrenosum
• myelodysplasia
• neutropenia