Enabling the diagnosis of necrotising fasciitis without associated skin changes in a paediatric patient with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: the LRINEC score

J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2015 Jan;68(1):e23-4. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2014.08.044. Epub 2014 Aug 27.

Authors

Christopher Tam Song¹, Róisín Hamilton², Colin Song², Tze Yean Kong², Steven Lo²

Affiliations

¹ Canniesburn Plastic Surgery Unit, Jubilee Building, Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street, Glasgow G4 0SF, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Canniesburn Plastic Surgery Unit, Jubilee Building, Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street, Glasgow G4 0SF, UK.

PMID: 25193396
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2014.08.044

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
Child
Diagnosis, Differential
Disease Progression
Emergencies
Fasciitis, Necrotizing / diagnosis*
Fasciitis, Necrotizing / surgery*
Female
Humans
Lower Extremity / surgery*
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / diagnosis*
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / drug therapy
Rare Diseases
Risk Assessment
Severity of Illness Index
Skin

Substances

Adrenal Cortex Hormones