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Pyoderma gangrenosum – a review
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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Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare, chronic neutrophilic dermatosis of unknown aetiology that usually presents with necrotising ulcers, although the evolution of the disease can be variable and is not always progressive. Its pathogenesis is poorly understood but an underlying immunological abnormality seems to be implicated in the genesis of the lesions. This hypothesis is supported by its fre...
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Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is an idiopathic, ulcerative, noninfective chronic inflammatory skin disorder of unknown etiology. It is associated with systemic medical illness in 50% of cases like inflammatory bowel disease, systemic arthritis, haematological diseases and malignancies. Characteristic lesions begin as pustule or vesiculopustule and progresses to an ulcer or deep erosion with violace...
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Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare disease and that affecting specifically the sole of the foot, is even rarer. Here, we report the case of a 54-year-old female admitted with a painful ulcer on the sole of the right foot which was initially treated with empirical antibiotics and debridement. The disease was found to spread rapidly after each debridement. The culture reports were negative; rheu...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1750-1172
DOI: 10.1186/1750-1172-2-19