BULLOUS PYODERMA-GANGRENOSUM

Citation
G. Koester et al., BULLOUS PYODERMA-GANGRENOSUM, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 29(5), 1993, pp. 875-878
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
ISSN journal
01909622
Volume
29
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Part
2
Pages
875 - 878
Database
ISI
SICI code
0190-9622(1993)29:5<875:BP>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Pyoderma gangrenosum is a necrotizing, ulcerative process commonly ass ociated with inflammatory bowel disease but also occurring in several other systemic illnesses. When associated with myelodysplastic syndrom es, its clinical appearance is often atypical. We describe a patient w ith severe, refractory bullous pyoderma gangrenosum. At autopsy cardia c involvement was demonstrated, a finding not previously reported. Pat ients with this unusual variant of pyoderma gangrenosum have a grave p rognosis.