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Spontaneous vulvar necrotizing fasciitis in Cushing's syndrome
1Developmental Endocrine Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Southern Medical Journal
|August 1, 1994
Abstract:
Necrotizing fasciitis is a potentially fatal condition, and the prognosis is worsened by immunosuppression. We describe what appears to be the first reported case of spontaneous vulvar necrotizing fasciitis occurring in a woman with uncontrolled hypercortisolism due to an ACTH-secreting thymic carcinoid tumor.