skin necrosis

Etiology

• spider bite
• toxic epidermal necrolysis
• necrolytic acral erythema
• pyoderma gangrenosum
• pharmacologic causes:
  • warfarin
  • heparin (heparin necrosis)

Diagnostic procedures

• tissue biopsy for histopathology & tissue culture

Differential diagnosis

• vasculitis
• non tuberculous mycobacterial infection
• fungal infection
• necrotizing fasciitis
• Vibrio vulnificus
• malingancy

More general terms

• sign/symptom
• necrosis
• skin disease (dermatologic disorder, dermatopathy, dermatosis)

More specific terms

• heparin necrosis

Additional terms

• necrotizing fasciitis