Pyoderma Gangrenosum Overlying Venous Insufficiency: An Inevitable Misdiagnosis
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Pyoderma gangrenosum.
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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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Wound Management and Research
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2586-0402,2586-0410
DOI: 10.22467/jwmr.2019.00626