title: Chronic pyoderma in splenectomized patient.
abstract: This is a report of a case with a chronic peculiar intractable pyoderma. The process started a year after splenectomy because of trauma. In the absence of an apparent other reason, we assume that a relationship exists between the operation and the skin disease.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011711:Pyoderma / Q000209:etiology*; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*