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Pyoderma gangrenosum is a skin ulcerative necrosis, due to dermal neutrophilic infiltration, through a non-infectious exacerbation of cell -mediated immunity. Being characterized by pathergy, the disease may be triggered by surgery; in this case, it is easily mistaken for a postoperative infection. We report a case of pyoderma gangrenosum after coronary artery bypass surgery. The patient develo...
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Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare noninfectious neutrophilic dermatosis. Clinically it starts with sterile pustules that rapidly progress and turn into painful ulcers of variable depth and size with undermined violaceous borders. The legs are most commonly affected but other parts of the skin and mucous membranes may also be involved. Course can be mild or malignant, chronic or relapsing with...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Mayo Clinic Proceedings
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0025-6196
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.05.001