title: Pediatric pyoderma gangrenosum with splenic and pulmonary involvement.
abstract: An 8-year-old boy presented with ulcers on the lip and limbs, scattered pustules, fever, and general malaise. Further investigation revealed splenic and pulmonary lesions. A diagnosis of pyoderma gangrenosum with splenic and pulmonary involvement was made. The authors have not found a previous report of pediatric pyoderma with splenic involvement in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK. caroline.allen@gmail.com
authors.forename: Caroline P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hull
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wilkison
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Burge
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D017511:Pyoderma Gangrenosum / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy