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Pyoderma gangrenosum
Chronic indolent shin ulcers due to pyoderma gangrenosum

Pyoderma gangrenosum

Chronic indolent shin ulcers due to pyoderma gangrenosum  


Keywords: Classic pyoderma gangrenosum, Dusky purple margins, Hyperpigmented margins, Inflammatory neutrophilic dermatosis, Leg, Raised rim, Sensitive-image, Skin of colour, Ulcer, Ulcerative pyoderma gangrenosum



What is pyoderma gangrenosum?

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) presents as a rapidly enlarging, very painful ulcer. It is one of a group of autoinflammatory disorders known as neutrophilic dermatoses.

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