Anthrax: Images: Cutaneous Anthrax
Cutaneous Anthrax—Vesicle Development
Day 2
Day 4
Notice the edema and typical lesions
Eschar formation
Ulcer and vesicle ringBlack eschar, redness remains
Day 6
Left
image: forearm lesion on Day 7—vesiculation and ulceration of
initial macular or papular anthrax skin lesion.
Right image: eschar of the neck on Day 15, typical of the last day
of lesion. From Binford CH, Connor DH, eds. pathology of tropical
and extraordinary diseases. Vol 1. Washington DC: AFIP:1976:119. AFIP
negative 71-1290-2
NEJM 1999:341:815-826
Day 10
