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PARANEOPLASTIC PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM
Author(s) -
Duguid C.M.,
O'Loughlin S.,
Otridge B.,
Powell F.C.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1993.tb00841.x
Subject(s) - pyoderma gangrenosum , medicine , malignancy , dermatology , disease , pathology
S ummary Pyoderma Gangrenosum (PG) is often associated with an underlying disease. PG as a paraneoplastic disease is illustrated by the presentation of four patients with malignancy of myeloproliferative origin and PG. An associated malignancy isfound in approximately 7% of patients with PG, most commonly haematologic in nature and in particular leukaemia. Clinically the PG is often of the superficial bullous variant and is associated with a poor prognosis.