
News|Articles|September 14, 2005
Insect Bite with Lymphangitis
Author(s)David L. Kaplan, MD
A 70-year-old woman was bothered by a pruritic, reddened site on her left shoulder. The lesion progressed with a linear, erythematous eruption leading to her axilla and caused tender adenopathy.
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A 70-year-old woman was bothered by a pruritic, reddened site on her left shoulder. The lesion progressed with a linear, erythematous eruption leading to her axilla and caused tender adenopathy.
The patient could not recall being bitten. However, a biopsy of tissue from the lesion confirmed the suspected diagnosis of a reaction to an insect bite with secondary lymphangitis.
A short course of prednisone completely resolved the signs and symptoms of the bite in this patient.
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