Pyoderma Gangrenosum - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

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Kosman Sadek Zikry, MD

Diagnosis

pyoderma gangrenosum

Body Site

foot ankle

Age

30 years

Pigmentation

dark

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

This 30-year-old man had recurrent painful ulcers of the right ankle which healed with scarring. The clinical course and histologic findings were typical of pyoderma gangrenosum. Cultures were negative for bacteria, atypical mycobacteria, and fungi, and a thorough medical evaluation failed to reveal an associated underlying medical disorder. These ulcers healed with high dose oral steroids.

Description

punched out undermined ulcers with yellow exudate on a violaceous hyperpigmented fibrotic base

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10/27/2004 22:34:14

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