title: [Leg ulcers in systemic diseases].
abstract: The collagen vascular diseases and vasculitis, in particular, are occasionally associated with chronic, relapsing lower extremity ulcerations. Different mechanisms can induce such ulcerations, and an understanding of the type of ulcerations is important in the differential diagnosis of patients with leg ulcerations in general, and management of these patients in particular. In this review, the authors analyze the various mechanisms of the leg ulcerations in these patients and their treatments: vasculitis, thrombosis, traumatisms, calcinosis, panniculitis, pyoderma gangrenosum, infections, and induced by treatments.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne, hôpital de la Pitié, Paris, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cacoub
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Francès
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tazi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Delacroix
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Godeau
mesh_terms: D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: Les ulcères de jambe au cours des maladies systémiques.