Gigantic Pyoderma Gangrenosum

A 71‐year‐old Japanese female with gigantic pyoderma gangrenosum is reported. The pyoderma lesions had been treated as an infectious condition for seventeen months and had extended to enormously large areas. The nature of the chronic type of pyoderma gangrenosum may need to be stressed, even for der...

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Published in:Journal of dermatology 1998-05, Vol.25 (5), p.344-346
Main Authors: Ikeda, Isamu, Johno, Masayoshi, Higashi, Shuichi, Ono, Tomomichi
Format: Article
Language:English
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Female
Humans
IgA monoclonal gammapathy
Leg
pyoderma gangrenosum
Pyoderma Gangrenosum - pathology
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Summary:A 71‐year‐old Japanese female with gigantic pyoderma gangrenosum is reported. The pyoderma lesions had been treated as an infectious condition for seventeen months and had extended to enormously large areas. The nature of the chronic type of pyoderma gangrenosum may need to be stressed, even for dermatologists.
ISSN:0385-2407
1346-8138
DOI:10.1111/j.1346-8138.1998.tb02410.x