title: Bullous pyoderma gangrenosum.
abstract: Pyoderma gangrenosum is a necrotizing, ulcerative process commonly associated with inflammatory bowel disease but also occurring in several other systemic illnesses. When associated with myelodysplastic syndromes, its clinical appearance is often atypical. We describe a patient with severe, refractory bullous pyoderma gangrenosum. At autopsy cardiac involvement was demonstrated, a finding not previously reported. Patients with this unusual variant of pyoderma gangrenosum have a grave prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koester
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tarnower
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Levisohn
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Burgdorf
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017511:Pyoderma Gangrenosum / Q000473:pathology*; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000473:pathology