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Pyoderma gangrenosum complicating hysterectomy for fibroids
Author(s) -
KEOHANE S.G.,
GRAHAMBROWN R.A.C.
Publication year - 1995
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.1365-2230.1995.tb01385.x
Subject(s) - pyoderma gangrenosum , medicine , hysterectomy , abdominal hysterectomy , presentation (obstetrics) , surgery , uterine fibroids , dermatology , general surgery , pathology , disease
Summary Pyoderma gangrenosum is a destructive, non‐infective ulceration of the skin. The case presented illustrates a rare but important presentation in a patient following a total abdominal hysterectomy and bilaterial salpingo‐oophorectomy (TAH and BSO).