J Korean Rheum Assoc.  2009 Mar;16(1):64-66. 10.4078/jkra.2009.16.1.64.

Infected Pyoderma Gangrenosum in Behcet's Disease

• Kim J
• Park SH
• Kim SK
• Choe JY

• KMID: 2202144
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4078/jkra.2009.16.1.64

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Pyoderma
Pyoderma Gangrenosum

Figure

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  Fig. 1. The photography shows a necrotic, hemorrhagic, suppurative erosion with deep, greenish, irregularly undermined borders in the left lower extremity and a small punctated ulcer in the foot dorsum.

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  Fig. 2. Biopsy of the left lower leg showed diffuse ulceration with necrotic material and exudates, and an infiltration of polymorphonuclear cells in the dermis with hyperchromatic fungal spore in the ulcer bed (arrow, H & E stain, ×100).

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