title: Pyoderma gangrenosum in a patient with essential thrombocythemia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pyoderma gangrenosum is an uncommon ulcerative condition associated with inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, and hematologic disease. We report a patient with essential thrombocythemia and pyoderma gangrenosum.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This article is a review of the associations between pyoderma gangrenosum and other diseases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There have been two previous reports of patients with pyoderma gangrenosum and essential thrombocythemia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There may be a possible association between pyoderma gangrenosum and essential thrombocythemia. The diagnosis of pyoderma gangrenosum should be considered in patients with essential thrombocythemia and cutaneous ulcers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Murray
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017511:Pyoderma Gangrenosum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D013922:Thrombocytosis / Q000150:complications*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011241:Prednisone