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CT scan showing cutaneous ulceration overlying the left labia with air in the subcutaneous fat.
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The patient was started empirically on vancomycin and piperacillin/tazobactam, a surgery consult was requested, and a pelvic CT scan was obtained which showed a cutaneous ulceration over the left labia and air in the subcutaneous fat of the left groin and left lower abdominal wall (Fig. 1, Fig. 2).
CT scan showing inflammatory fat stranding extending superiorly along the anterior margin of the abdominal rectus muscles.
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Inflammatory fat stranding was also present along the left lateral abdominal wall (Fig. 2).