Brown Recluse Spider Bite--or Something Else?
A previously healthy 40-year-old man complains of worsening lower-extremity discomfort. He noticed the discomfort several days earlier on awakening and thought that he had been bitten by a spider. The lesion, initially a small pustule, has enlarged into an open wound.
A previously healthy 40-year-old man complains of worsening lower-extremity discomfort. He noticed the discomfort several days earlier on awakening and thought that he had been bitten by a spider. The lesion, initially a small pustule, has enlarged into an open wound.
Does this look like a spider bite to you?
(Case and photograph courtesy of David Effron, MD.)
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