Aspergillosis (M.p.
)
Few or many lesions
May result in rapidly spreading red patch with a necrotic centre (blackened dead tissue)
May resemble pyoderma gangrenosum
Patients who
are at considerable risk include
those who are granulocytopenic
due to bone marrow transplantation,
those who are undergoing
intensive cytotoxic chemotherapy
for the treatment of neoplasia, and
those with a history of corticosteroid
use.