title: The use of cultured epithelial autograft in a patient with idiopathic pyoderma gangrenosum.
abstract: Pyoderma gangrenosum is an ulcerative cutaneous disorder that remains a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma. Several medical therapies have been tried in treating the disorder. We report a patient with idiopathic pyoderma gangrenosum treated with the application of cultured epithelial autograft.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Tennessee, Memphis.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Dean
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nieber
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Hickerson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000637:transplantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011711:Pyoderma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous