The use of cultured epithelial autograft in a patient with idiopathic pyoderma gangrenosum.
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.
Dean
S J
SJ
Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Tennessee, Memphis.
Nieber
S
S
Hickerson
W L
WL
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