Pyoderma gangrenosum and related disorders

Med Clin North Am. 1989 Sep;73(5):1247-61.

Abstract

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is an uncommon ulcerative cutaneous condition with distinctive clinical characteristics and a frequent association with systemic diseases. Most frequently among the associated disease list are: inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, and a variety of hematologic disorders. There is no specific treatment of PG; however, the effective treatment of an accompanying systemic disease, local therapy, and/or the use of topical or systemic agents known to be useful in neutrophil disorders, have been beneficial in most patients.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / complications
  • Neoplasms / complications
  • Pyoderma* / complications
  • Pyoderma* / pathology
  • Pyoderma* / therapy
  • Skin Ulcer / complications
  • Skin Ulcer / pathology