Atypical Pyoderma gangrenosum: a case of delayed recognition

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is an inflammatory skin condition that is often misdiagnosed as a necrotizing infection. This diagnosis must be considered in any patient with underlying systemic disease who presents with large ulcerating lesions that are unresponsive to antibiotics. Early diagnosis and a...

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Autores principales: Qureshi, Anum, Persaud, Kia, Zulfiqar, Sajida, Dande, Ranadheer, Puri, Chahat, Awasthi, Shankar
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8043550/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33889329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2020.1866250
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author Qureshi, Anum
Persaud, Kia
Zulfiqar, Sajida
Dande, Ranadheer
Puri, Chahat
Awasthi, Shankar
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description Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is an inflammatory skin condition that is often misdiagnosed as a necrotizing infection. This diagnosis must be considered in any patient with underlying systemic disease who presents with large ulcerating lesions that are unresponsive to antibiotics. Early diagnosis and a multidisciplinary approach to treatment are crucial to achieving improvement in quality of life and minimizing cosmetic morbidity. 
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spelling pubmed-80435502021-04-21 Atypical Pyoderma gangrenosum: a case of delayed recognition Qureshi, Anum Persaud, Kia Zulfiqar, Sajida Dande, Ranadheer Puri, Chahat Awasthi, Shankar J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Case Report Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is an inflammatory skin condition that is often misdiagnosed as a necrotizing infection. This diagnosis must be considered in any patient with underlying systemic disease who presents with large ulcerating lesions that are unresponsive to antibiotics. Early diagnosis and a multidisciplinary approach to treatment are crucial to achieving improvement in quality of life and minimizing cosmetic morbidity.  Taylor & Francis 2021-03-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8043550/ /pubmed/33889329 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2020.1866250 Text en © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of Greater Baltimore Medical Center. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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