Pyoderma gangrenosum - Clinical, laboratory and therapeutic approach: Review of 28 cases [Pioderma gangrenoso - Abordagem clínica, laboratorial e terapêutica: Revisão de 28 casos]

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2009

Authors

Duarte, AF (Author) Other; Nogueira, A (Author) Other; Carmen Silva (Author) FMUP; Azevedo, F (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Dermatology Online Journal

Vol. 15

ISSN: 1087-2108

Publisher: University of California Press

Indexing

Scopus - 15 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-007-QTT

Abstract (EN): Pyoderma gangrenosum is an uncommon neutrophilic dermatosis, idiopatic in 25-50 percent of cases. We present a retrospective study of 28 patients, admitted to Hospital de São João, EPE, between January of 1990 and June of 2008. Pyoderma gangrenosum was observed more frequently in middle age adults, in the ulcerated form, and predominantly localized in the lower limbs. Pediatric presentation was very rare. In 50 percent of these cases a systemic disease was present and the most frequent was Crohn disease (14% of patients). © 2009 Dermatology Online Journal.

Language: Portuguese

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific