Case 168. Tsutsugamushi disease (38 y-o M)

       
  Autopsy findings of the skin and heart in a classic Tsutsugamushi disease in Akita (clinical course: 8 days)  
       

 

  At the site of Tsutsugamushi (mite) bite (eschar), necrotic ulceration is formed (HE, low power). The inflammation extends to the subcutaneous tissue.