Pyoderma gangrenosum is a diagnosis of exclusion, and the misdiagnosis of pyoderma gangrenosum can result in substantial complications in patients who have other causes of severe cutaneous ulceration.

Pyoderma gangrenosum was first described as an extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) by Brunsting and colleagues in 1930. 1 They described painful enlarging necrotic ulcers ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with pyoderma gangrenosum are at greater risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality compared with ...

A 2-point improvement in pain based on a numeric rating scale may indicate that patients are responding to treatment for pyoderma gangrenosum. To help determine whether a patient with pyoderma ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Pyoderma gangrenosum' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 74-year-old woman who is in good health. I was diagnosed with pyoderma gangrenosum on my left leg and I was in a lot of pain. Can you tell me the cause of this rare disease?

A 58-year-old woman presented to our emergency department with painful ulcers on the right side of her neck and on her left elbow. The ulcers, which had begun after minimal trauma, had increased in ...

It is thought to affect around one in 100,000 people in the UK and US. Pyoderma gangrenosum is believed to occur as a result of a pre-existing condition such as ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease or ...

ROBERT Lilley was diagnosed with a rare flesh-eating condition 12 years ago - and has lived in "unbearable pain" ever since. The 49-year-old has pyoderma gangrenosum, which causes large open sores to ...

A 59-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus presented with a 1-month history of an enlarging, exquisitely painful ulcer on her left calf (Figure 1). She reported that it had occurred ...