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Necrotizing fasciitis differential diagnosis
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Necrotizing fasciitis must be differentiated from other diseases that cause erythema, pain, edema and necrosis of soft tissues such as sunburn, cellulitis, erysipelas, diabetic myonecrosis and vasculitis.[1]
Differential Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis
Necrotizing fasciitis must be differentiated from:[1] [2][3]
Early stage
- Muscle strains
- Viral illness
- Thrombosis
- Sprain or exacerbation of gout
- Sunburn or an allergic rash
Late stage
- Non-necrotizing fasciitis (eosinophilic fasciitis, paraneoplastic fasciitis, nodular fasciitis, and proliferative fasciitis)
- Cellulitis
- Dermatomyositis
- Erysipelas
- Vasculitis (Lupus myofasciitis, Churg-Strauss Vasculitis and others)
- Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)
- Diabetic myonecrosis
- Compartment syndrome
- Lymphedema
- Phlegmasia cerulea dolens
- Myxedema
- Gastroenteritis
- Necrotizing pyoderma gangrenosum
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wong CH, Wang YS (2005). “The diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis”. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 18 (2): 101–6. PMID 15735411.
- ↑ Schmid MR, Kossmann T, Duewell S (1998). “Differentiation of necrotizing fasciitis and cellulitis using MR imaging”. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 170 (3): 615–20. doi:10.2214/ajr.170.3.9490940. PMID 9490940.
- ↑ Ayestaray B, Dudrap E, Chartaux E, Verdier E, Joly P (2010). “Necrotizing pyoderma gangrenosum: an unusual differential diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis”. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 63 (8): e655–8. doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2010.02.008. PMID 20202917.
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