When a wound is the harbinger of a serious underlying systemic illness.

A 55-year-old woman presented with progressive enlarging and painful non-healing ulcers on her bilateral lower extremities; biopsy was consistent with pyoderma gangrenosum. Workup for an underlying illness revealed a cavitary lung nodule and an ulcerating mass in the anal canal. Patient did not have...

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Published in:BMJ Case Reports Vol. 2018; pp. 1 - 5
Main Authors: Kishore, Shweta, Mittal, Varun, Ahuja, Shradha, Majithia, Vikas
Format: Journal Article
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 1/31/2018
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