Neutrophilic Dermatosis in Pregnancy: An Uncommon Course

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a neutrophilic-mediated inflammatory skin disease characterised by the rapid onset of painful, hemorrhagic pustules developing into necrotic ulcers occurring predominantly in women aged 20-50 years. According to the literature, all patients reported no change or worsenin...

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Autores principales: Villani, Alessia, Fabbrocini, Gabriella, Napolitano, Maddalena, Costa, Claudia, Megna, Matteo, Ferrillo, Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Republic of Macedonia 2018
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6311494/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30607199
http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2018.453
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author Villani, Alessia
Fabbrocini, Gabriella
Napolitano, Maddalena
Costa, Claudia
Megna, Matteo
Ferrillo, Maria
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description Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a neutrophilic-mediated inflammatory skin disease characterised by the rapid onset of painful, hemorrhagic pustules developing into necrotic ulcers occurring predominantly in women aged 20-50 years. According to the literature, all patients reported no change or worsening of the disease during pregnancy. We herein present the case of a 34-year-old woman that developed a neutrophilic dermatosis of the hand reporting complete resolution of the skin disease during pregnancy.
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spelling pubmed-63114942019-01-03 Neutrophilic Dermatosis in Pregnancy: An Uncommon Course Villani, Alessia Fabbrocini, Gabriella Napolitano, Maddalena Costa, Claudia Megna, Matteo Ferrillo, Maria Open Access Maced J Med Sci Letter to the Editor Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a neutrophilic-mediated inflammatory skin disease characterised by the rapid onset of painful, hemorrhagic pustules developing into necrotic ulcers occurring predominantly in women aged 20-50 years. According to the literature, all patients reported no change or worsening of the disease during pregnancy. We herein present the case of a 34-year-old woman that developed a neutrophilic dermatosis of the hand reporting complete resolution of the skin disease during pregnancy. Republic of Macedonia 2018-12-18 /pmc/articles/PMC6311494/ /pubmed/30607199 http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2018.453 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Alessia Villani, Gabriella Fabbrocini, Maddalena Napolitano, Claudia Costa, Matteo Megna, Maria Ferrillo. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/CC BY-NC/4.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
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