Your patient reports the insidious onset of a reddish blister on his thumb that gradually developed into an open wound. The wound now presents with a central necrotic area surrounded by significant erythema. The most likely cause of this skin presentation is:

A. a brown recluse spider bite.
B. a neuropathic ulcer.
C. pyoderma gangrenosum.
D. cellulitis.

A

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