Catalog

Pyoderma gangrenosum

EB21

Link to WHO Definition

Pyoderma gangrenosum – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/2120746218

An idiopathic, rapidly evolving, and severely debilitating disease occurring most commonly in association with chronic ulcerative colitis. It is characterised by the presence of boggy, purplish ulcers with undermined borders, appearing mostly on the legs. The majority of cases are in people between 40 and 60 years old. Its etiology is unknown.

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