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A favourable response to surgical intervention and hyperbaric oxygen therapy in pyoderma gangrenosum

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a neutrophilic dermatosis characterised with ulcerations. Inflammatory bowel diseases (ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease) and haematologic diseases (leukaemia, preleukaemia and monoclonal gammopathy) have been reported in about 40-50% of PG patients in whom the treatment of the underlying disease is important for the improvement of the lesions. We herein report a colorectal adenocarcinoma patient with PG, who responded partially to topical treatments and systemic immunosuppressants and healed completely with the aid of surgical wound repair and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

Source: International Wound Journal

DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481x.2012.01102.x

Authors: Ilknur Altunay, Asli Kucukunal, Sezgi Sarikaya, Gulsen Tukenmez Demirci

Institution: Şişli Etfal Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi

Language: English

Topic: Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2013763816

FWCI: 0.477

Cites: 13

Cited by: 14

Related to: 10