Epidemiology of pyoderma gangrenosum: Results from an Italian prospective multicentre study.
Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a neutrophilic dermatosis characterised by painful, necrotic ulcerations. PG is described as a rare disease: the world‐wide incidence is estimated to be around 3 to 10 cases per million population per year. These estimations are based mostly on case reports and retrospec...
| Publicado en: | International Wound Journal Vol. 15; no. 6; pp. 875 - 880 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Dec2018
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=132914231&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 132914231 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 17424801 1725 jtl: International Wound Journal issn: 17424801 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Dec2018 vid: 15 iid: 6 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 132914231 132914231 132914231 10.1111/iwj.12939 132914231 ppf: 875 ppct: 5 formats: tig: atl: Epidemiology of pyoderma gangrenosum: Results from an Italian prospective multicentre study. aug: au: Monari, Paola Moro, Ruggero Motolese, Alberico Misciali, Cosimo Baraldi, Carlotta Fanti, Pier Alessandro Caccavale, Stefano Puviani, Mario Olezzi, Daniela Zampieri, Pierfrancesco Trevisan, Giusto Nan, Katiuscia Fiorentini, Chiara Pellacani, Giovanni Gualdi, Giulio affil: Department of Dermatology, ASST degli Spedali Civili, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia Italy sug: subj: Pyoderma Gangrenosum Epidemiology Human Italy Prospective Studies Multicenter Studies Pyoderma Gangrenosum Diagnosis Dermatology Incidence Nonexperimental Studies ab: Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a neutrophilic dermatosis characterised by painful, necrotic ulcerations. PG is described as a rare disease: the world‐wide incidence is estimated to be around 3 to 10 cases per million population per year. These estimations are based mostly on case reports and retrospective case series; there are no prospective, multicentre studies on the matter. The apparent rarity of PG is in contrast with our clinical perception as dermatologists: in our opinion, PG is not so uncommon. Therefore, we decide to investigate the epidemiology of PG in the Italian population and confirm our clinical suspicions that it is not an orphan disease. We enrolled all patients diagnosed with PG in 8 Italian Dermatological Departments from 1st October 2014 to 1st November 2015, and we recorded their features. Our data, collected from 64 patients, are in accordance with those of the published literature regarding the epidemiology and features of PG. In an Italian population of roughly 8 million inhabitants of 7 provinces, we found an incidence of 5.17 new cases per million population per year. Unlike our predictions before the study, we confirmed the world‐wide incidence of PG. To our knowledge, this is the first observational, multicentre study on PG. We hope that it provides a stimulus for further researches on PG and for the creation of an Italian register. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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