Pyoderma gangrenosum associated with erythroid hypoplasia

Pyoderma gangrenosum is most commonly associated with inflammatory bowel disease and rheumatoid arthritis, but it has been associated with various haematological malignancies. We describe its association with primary erythroid hypoplasia without thymoma in an 80 year old woman who presented with sep...

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Published inPostgraduate medical journal Vol. 66; no. 774; pp. 312 - 313
Main Authors Wong, C. K., Pun, K. K., Lum, C. C., Lee, S. W., Ng, M. M., Wang, C. C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine 01.04.1990
Oxford University Press
BMJ Group
Subjects
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anemia, Aplastic - complications
Biopsy
Female
Humans
Pyoderma - complications
Pyoderma - pathology
Remission, Spontaneous
Skin Ulcer - complications
Skin Ulcer - pathology
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Summary:Pyoderma gangrenosum is most commonly associated with inflammatory bowel disease and rheumatoid arthritis, but it has been associated with various haematological malignancies. We describe its association with primary erythroid hypoplasia without thymoma in an 80 year old woman who presented with septicaemia complicating urinary tract infection. Spontaneous healing of an extensive lesion was observed.
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ISSN:0032-5473
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DOI:10.1136/pgmj.66.774.312