Pyoderma gangrenosum and related disorders.
Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is an uncommon ulcerative cutaneous condition with distinctive clinical characteristics and a frequent association with systemic diseases. Most frequently among the associated disease list are: inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, and a variety of hematologic disorders. There is no specific treatment of PG; however, the effective treatment of an accompanying systemic disease, local therapy, and/or the use of topical or systemic agents known to be useful in neutrophil disorders, have been beneficial in most patients.
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Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky.
D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000150:complications; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D011711:Pyoderma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology