Image de Entamoebidae

Description :

This patient presented with a case of invasive extraintestinal amebiasis affecting the cutaneous region of the right flank causing severe tissue necrosis. Here we see the site of tissue distruction, pre-debridement. Please note PHIL 5236, which depicts the same patient with the post-debridement appearance of the cutaneous amebiasis lesion. The wound then be covered by autologous skin grafts.
Created: 1986