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Pyoderma gangrenosum in a newborn - Case report

Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare, inflammatory, chronic and recurrent disease of unknown etiology, characterized by noninfectious, necrotizing and painful cutaneous ulcers. Usually it affects adults aged between 25 and 54 years old and rarely children (less than 4%), in which it mainly affects the hea...

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Autores principales: Carneiro, Francisca Regina Oliveira, dos Santos, Maria Amélia Lopes, de Sousa, Brena Andrade, do Nascimento, Carla do Socorro Silva, Amin, Gabriela Athayde, Moutinho, Ana Thais Machado
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3876005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24346911
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20132601
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Sumario:Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare, inflammatory, chronic and recurrent disease of unknown etiology, characterized by noninfectious, necrotizing and painful cutaneous ulcers. Usually it affects adults aged between 25 and 54 years old and rarely children (less than 4%), in which it mainly affects the head, face, buttocks, genital and perianal region. The disease presents a quick response to systemic corticosteroids. We report a case of a newborn with hemorrhagic and necrotic ulcers, distributed in the abdomen, buttocks and genital region with rapid and effective response to oral prednisone.