Skin lesion of coccidioidomycosis : Symptoms, Diagnosis & Tests

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Skin lesion of coccidioidomycosis

Symptoms & Signs

Skin lesion of the initial (primary) infection
- Erythema multiforme (target lesions)
- Erythema nodosum
- Papular rash
Skin lesion of widespread (disseminated) disease: papule, pustule, nodule, or plaque
- May form abscesses
- May ulcerate
- Most often on the face

Diagnosis & Tests

The diagnosis depends on the stage of infection (primary or disseminated). If disseminated disease is suspected, the doctor may do a skin biopsy to look for the fungus in a skin lesion.

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Skin lesion of coccidioidomycosis : Definition
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Skin lesion of coccidioidomycosis : Prognosis (Expectations)
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Erythema nodosum on the foot

Review Date : 9/28/2008
Reviewed By : David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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