INTRODUCTION
After the outburst of the COVID-19 pandemic, enforcing of lockdowns and
social distancing in many countries considerably impressed many aspects
of healthcare including the routine and emergency care of non-COVID
patients [1]. The patient’s discouragement from visiting the
hospital resulted in the clinical progression of many manageable
diseases to an end‐stage, critical condition requiring radical medical
and surgical measures [2].
Herein we report a case of necrotizing fasciitis (NF) that was formed
from a carbuncle in the context of undiagnosed diabetes mellitus (DM)
and delay in visiting physicians due to fear of COVID-19.