Clinical features of pyoderma gangrenosum and current diagnostic trends

A Hadi, M Lebwohl - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) can be exceedingly
difficult, and misdiagnosis can potentially yield serious consequences. Clinical criteria for …

Pyoderma gangrenosum: a retrospective review of patient characteristics, comorbidities and therapy in 103 patients

AM Binus, AA Qureshi, VW Li… - British Journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is an uncommon and challenging disease,
highly associated with comorbidities, but poorly characterized from a diagnostic and …

Pyoderma gangrenosum: clinicopathologic correlation and proposed diagnostic criteria

WPD Su, MDP Davis, RH Weenig… - International journal …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
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Pyoderma gangrenosum: the great pretender and a challenging diagnosis

WW Wong, GR Machado… - Journal of cutaneous …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The initial presentation of pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is virtually
indistinguishable from a pyogenic infection, making debridement appear necessary …

Etiology and management of pyoderma gangrenosum: a comprehensive review

I Ahronowitz, J Harp, K Shinkai - American journal of clinical dermatology, 2012 - Springer
Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare neutrophilic dermatosis characterized by painful,
necrotic ulceration. It typically affects patients in the third to sixth decades of life, with almost …

Pyoderma gangrenosum: a review of clinical features and outcomes of 23 cases requiring inpatient management

MJ Ye, JM Ye - Dermatology research and practice, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare dermatological disorder characterised by the rapid
progression of a painful, necrolytic ulcer. This study retrospectively identified patients who …

Pyoderma gangrenosum: uncommon presentations

S Ahmadi, FC Powell - Clinics in dermatology, 2005 - Elsevier
Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare, inflammatory, noninfective, nonneoplastic skin
disorder, which is often associated with systemic diseases. These include inflammatory …

New validated diagnostic criteria for pyoderma gangrenosum

E Maverakis, ST Le, J Callen, U Wollina… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - jaad.org
Ashchyan et al 1 state that PG remains a ''diagnosis of exclusion,''2 which is a
characterization that is difficult to justify, as it is impractical to have a medical diagnosis …

Pyoderma gangrenosum: clinical presentation and outcome in 18 cases and review of the literature

DO Hasselmann, G Bens, W Tilgen… - JDDG: Journal der …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is an idiopathic ulcerative neutrophilic
inflammatory skin disease characterized by variable clinical presentation and outcome …

Pyoderma gangrenosum–a review

U Wollina - Orphanet journal of rare diseases, 2007 - Springer
Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare noninfectious neutrophilic dermatosis. Clinically it
starts with sterile pustules that rapidly progress and turn into painful ulcers of variable depth …