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Histiocytosis X in an adult mimicking pyoderma gangrenosum *
Author(s) -
NORRIS J.F.B.,
MARSHALL T.L.,
BYRNE J.P.H.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1984.tb00822.x
Subject(s) - pyoderma gangrenosum , medicine , dermatology , histiocytosis x , histiocytosis , presentation (obstetrics) , pathology , surgery , disease
Summary A case of histiocytosis X is reported in which the presenting feature was recurrent cutaneous ulceration indistiguishable from pyoderma gangrenosum. Such a presentation of histiocytosis X has not previously been described.