A surgeon's nightmare: pyoderma gangrenosum with pathergy effect mimicking necrotising fasciitis.
A 53-year-old woman was admitted for vulval swelling and fever. She was initially diagnosed with vulval cellulitis and given parenteral antibiotics. Within 1 week, she developed necrotic-looking skin lesions extending from her vulva to her buttock. Emergency surgical debridement with diversion colos...
| Published in: | BMJ Case Reports Vol. 2017; pp. 1 - 5 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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BMJ Publishing Group
12/19/2017
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |