Bullous pyoderma gangrenosum.
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.
Koester
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Department of Dermatology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque.
Tarnower
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Levisohn
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Burgdorf
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017511:Pyoderma Gangrenosum / Q000473:pathology*; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000473:pathology