Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction complicated by pyoderma gangrenosum

We report a case of pyoderma gangrenosum as a complication of an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in a patient with inflammatory bowel disease, which was misdiagnosed initially as a post-operative wound infection. An early dermatology opinion and skin biopsy should be considered in cases of...

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Autores principales: Bagouri, E, Smith, Jon, Geutjens, G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College of Surgeons 2012
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Online Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3954310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23131219
http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/003588412X13373405387573
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description We report a case of pyoderma gangrenosum as a complication of an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in a patient with inflammatory bowel disease, which was misdiagnosed initially as a post-operative wound infection. An early dermatology opinion and skin biopsy should be considered in cases of suspected infection where thorough surgical debridement and antimicrobial therapy has failed to improve the clinical picture.
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spelling pubmed-39543102014-03-20 Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction complicated by pyoderma gangrenosum Bagouri, E Smith, Jon Geutjens, G Ann R Coll Surg Engl Online Case Report We report a case of pyoderma gangrenosum as a complication of an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in a patient with inflammatory bowel disease, which was misdiagnosed initially as a post-operative wound infection. An early dermatology opinion and skin biopsy should be considered in cases of suspected infection where thorough surgical debridement and antimicrobial therapy has failed to improve the clinical picture. Royal College of Surgeons 2012-11 2012-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3954310/ /pubmed/23131219 http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/003588412X13373405387573 Text en Copyright © 2013 Royal College of Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3954310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23131219
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