Rare complication after cardiac surgery: a case report of pyoderma gangrenosum.
Pyoderma gangrenosum is an uncommon, idiopathic, chronic ulcerative inflammatory skin disease characterized by a rapidly progressive necrosis of the wound edges, and mimics a postoperative infection. Few cases have been reported after cardiothoracic surgery. We present a case of a pyoderma gangrenos...
| Published in: | Journal of Cardiac Surgery Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 93 - 98 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | case study pictorial Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jan/Feb2009
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| Summary: | Pyoderma gangrenosum is an uncommon, idiopathic, chronic ulcerative inflammatory skin disease characterized by a rapidly progressive necrosis of the wound edges, and mimics a postoperative infection. Few cases have been reported after cardiothoracic surgery. We present a case of a pyoderma gangrenosum occurring after coronary artery bypass graft. |
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