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Ben Hidalgo-Matlock, MD

Diagnosis

pyoderma gangrenosum ulcer pathergy

Body Site

wrist arm

Age

78 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

red purple

Morphology

ulcerated (erosion / ulcer)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

This elderly woman with hypertension and leukemia developed a painful pustule on the left arm that rapidly progressed over 3 days to an ulcerated undermined purple plaque.

Description

painful ulcerated purple plaque with undermined borders

Categories

cutaneous sign of systemic disease

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10/15/2002 10:11:06

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PubMed Medline Plus Medscape

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