title: Facial pyoderma gangrenosum in senescence.
abstract: Clinically, pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is characterized by a rapidly progressive, painful cutaneous ulcer with an irregular, violaceous and undermined border. PG occurs most frequently on the lower extremities and the trunk of middle-aged individuals. The face is only very rarely affected. We present an 89- and a 90-year-old patient, who developed a facial ulcer consistent with PG.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Dorothea
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kratzsch
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Mirjana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ziemer
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Milkova
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Justinus A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Jan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kendler
keywords: Face; Pyoderma gangrenosum; Senescence; Ulcer