title: Improvement of ulcerative pyoderma gangrenosum with hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
abstract: Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare noninfectious destructive neutrophilic dermatosis of unknown origin affecting the skin and occasionally the subcutaneous fat. In this report, we present the results of intensive hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy in a 62-year-old Greek woman who had been diagnosed with ulcerative PG two years ago, but had been resistant to other therapies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine, Naval Hospital of Crete, Chania, Greece. emazokopakis@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: Elias E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Mazokopakis
authors.forename: Diamantis P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Kofteridis
authors.forename: Alexia Th
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Pateromihelaki
authors.forename: Sotirios D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Vytiniotis
authors.forename: Pantelis G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Karastergiou
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D008875:Middle Aged; D017511:Pyoderma Gangrenosum / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome