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Penile ulcerative pyoderma gangrenosum: A rare entity

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare, chronic, ulcerative, neutrophilic, and inflammatory skin disease. It most commonly affects the lower limb, may affect peristomal skin, and rarely involves mucosal and internal sites. Genital involvement has been rarely reported. Hereby, we report a case of penile...

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Autores principales: Patel, Jalpa Kailashbhai, Pillai, Devna Subramonia, Bodar, Priyanka, Nair, Pragya Ashok
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10343122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37457536
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijstd.ijstd_115_22
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Sumario:Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare, chronic, ulcerative, neutrophilic, and inflammatory skin disease. It most commonly affects the lower limb, may affect peristomal skin, and rarely involves mucosal and internal sites. Genital involvement has been rarely reported. Hereby, we report a case of penile PG in a 70-year-old male treated with oral steroids.