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Ecthyma gangrenosum is a cutaneous gangrenous disorder which usually followsPseudomona aeruginosa infection and is found mainly in immunosuppressed children. We describe a case of a five-year-old female with leukemia with a severe perineal ecthyma gangrenosum resulting in a cloaca-like deformity. One year later a perineoplasty with puborectalis interposition and overlapping external anal sphincteroplasty was successfully performed, achieving satisfactory continence.
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Freud, E., Farkash, U., Prieto, F. et al. Perineal reconstruction for severe sequela of ecthyma gangrenosum. Dis Colon Rectum 42, 961–963 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02237111
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