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Seventy-five-year-old woman with month-long fever, cavity lung lesions and cutaneous ulcer
  1. Chang-Han Wu1,2,
  2. Chi-Wei Chen1,2
  1. 1 Emergency Department, Kaohsiung Medical University Chung Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  2. 2 Emergency Department, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  1. Correspondence to Dr Chang-Han Wu, Emergency Department, Kaohsiung Medical University Chung Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, No.100, Tzyou 1st Rd., Sanmin Dist., Kaohsiung City 80756, Taiwan (R.O.C.), Taiwan; i54016296{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2023-213194

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    Clinical Introduction

    An elderly Asian woman presented to the ED with month-long fever, rhinorrhea and productive cough. She subsequently developed tender bruise-like skin nodules over her trunk and limbs, which quickly progressed to form cavity ulcers 2 weeks before ED visit (figure 1). Despite various antimicrobial therapies, her symptoms did not improve. Laboratory tests showed leukocytosis, elevated C reactive protein, proteinuria and haematuria. Initially, a chest radiograph (online supplemental material, figure 1) was performed to exclude pneumonia, which revealed bilateral lung lesion, prompting further investigation with chest CT (figure 2). The result revealed bilateral lung cavity and nodular lesion.

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    Figure 1

    Rapid progress of the skin lesion and …

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    Footnotes

    • Contribution statement: All authors contributed to the care of the patient. C-HW provided the study conception and design and drafted the manuscript. C-WC was responsible for editing the article and gave final approval to the manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

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