Pyoderma gangrenosum after coronary artery bypass grafting

Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare cutaneous disorder that may complicate recovery after a cardiac operation. The lesions appear to represent a necrotizing infection; how-ever, they do not respond to surgical debridement and antibiotic therapy. The treatment is based on high-dose corticosteroids and con...

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Published inThe Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 55; no. 4; pp. 1016 - 1018
Main Authors Rand, Richard P., Olerud, John E., Verrier, Edward D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.04.1993
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Coronary Artery Bypass
Diagnosis, Differential
Drug Administration Schedule
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Postoperative Complications - diagnosis
Postoperative Complications - drug therapy
Postoperative Complications - pathology
Prednisolone - administration & dosage
Pyoderma Gangrenosum - diagnosis
Pyoderma Gangrenosum - drug therapy
Pyoderma Gangrenosum - pathology
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the heart
Surgical Wound Infection - diagnosis
Human
Skin disease
Cardiovascular disease
Coronary heart disease
Case study
Treatment
Aortocoronary
Bypass
Saphenous vein
Surgery
Complication
Graft surgical
Pyoderma gangrenosum
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Summary:Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare cutaneous disorder that may complicate recovery after a cardiac operation. The lesions appear to represent a necrotizing infection; how-ever, they do not respond to surgical debridement and antibiotic therapy. The treatment is based on high-dose corticosteroids and concomitant treatment of any underlying systemic disease.
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ISSN:0003-4975
1552-6259
DOI:10.1016/0003-4975(93)90142-5