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Improvement of ulcerative pyoderma gangrenosum with hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Author(s) -
Mazokopakis Elias E.,
Kofteridis Diamantis P.,
Pateromihelaki Alexia Th.,
Vytiniotis Sotirios D.,
Karastergiou Pantelis G.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
dermatologic therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1529-8019
pISSN - 1396-0296
DOI - 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2010.01387.x
Subject(s) - pyoderma gangrenosum , medicine , hyperbaric oxygen , dermatology , neutrophilic dermatosis , surgery , pathology , disease
Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare noninfectious destructive neutrophilic dermatosis of unknown origin affecting the skin and occasionally the subcutaneous fat. In this report, we present the results of intensive hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy in a 62‐year‐old Greek woman who had been diagnosed with ulcerative PG two years ago, but had been resistant to other therapies.