Department of Hematology or Oncology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, USA
Case Report | Open Access
| Volume 3 | Issue 3
Article DOI : https://doi.org/10.47739/2373-9436/1069
- 1. Department of Dermatology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, USA
- 2. Pinnacle Health Hospital, USA
- 3. Department of Hematology/Oncology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, USA
Galen Foulke, Department of Dermatology, 500 University Dr Suite 100 UPC, Hershey, PA 17033, Tel: 717-531-6820; Fax: 717-531-4702
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Ecthyma gangrenosum is the cutaneous manifestation of bacteremia traditionally associated with Pseudomonas Aeruginosa bacteremia. It classically presents as gunmetal grey bullae with a pink macular margin. To our knowledge, no case reports exist detailing the occurrence of ecthyma gangrenosum in a healthy young woman undergoing treatment for breast cancer. We present such a case to raise awareness of this entity in patients receiving chemotherapy.