Associated factors and comorbidities in patients with pyoderma gangrenosum in Germany: a retrospective multicentric analysis in 259 patients

• Published in: Orphanet journal of rare diseases Vol. 8; no. 1; p. 136
• Main Authors: Al Ghazal, Philipp, Herberger, Katharina, Schaller, Jörg, Strölin, Anke, Hoff, Norman-Philipp, Goerge, Tobias, Roth, Hannelore, Rabe, Eberhard, Karrer, Sigrid, Renner, Regina, Maschke, Jan, Horn, Thomas, Hepp, Julia, Eming, Sabine, Wollina, Uwe, Zutt, Markus, Sick, Isabell, Splieth, Benno, Dill, Dorothea, Klode, Joachim, Dissemond, Joachim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 08.09.2013; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Acne; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Autoimmune diseases; Care and treatment; Cell adhesion & migration; Comorbidity; Confidence intervals; Consent; Diabetes; Diagnosis; Endocrine System Diseases - complications; Family medical history; Female; Germany; Humans; Inflammatory bowel disease; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - complications; Insect bites; Male; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Middle Aged; Mutation; Neoplasms - complications; Patients; Proteins; Pyoderma; Pyoderma Gangrenosum - diagnosis; Pyoderma Gangrenosum - epidemiology; Pyoderma Gangrenosum - etiology; Rare diseases; Retrospective Studies; Rheumatoid arthritis; Risk factors; Studies; Teaching hospitals; Thyroid diseases; Wound healing; Young Adult; Germany

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rarely diagnosed ulcerative neutrophilic dermatosis with unknown origin that has been poorly characterized in clinical studies so far. Consequently there have been significant discussions about its associated factors and comorbidities. The aim of our multicenter study...