Painful linear ulcers: A case of cutaneous sporotrichosis mimicking pyoderma gangrenosum
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INTRODUCTION The differential diagnosis of cutaneous ulcers is broad, including infection, neoplasm, vascular disease, trauma, and inflammatory processes such as pyoderma gangrenosum. Nodulo-ulcerative lesions on an extremity are a common presentation of sporotrichosis, an infection with a saprophytic dimorphic fungus. A high index of suspicion for infection is required when chronic ulcers do not respond to treatment.
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