Pyoderma gangrenosum: classification and management

J Am Acad Dermatol. 1996 Mar;34(3):395-409; quiz 410-2. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(96)90428-4.

Abstract

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) has four distinctive clinical and histologic variants. Some have morphologic and histologic overlapping features with other reactive neutrophilic skin conditions. PG often occurs in association with a systemic disease, and the specific clinical features of the skin lesion may provide a clue to the associated disease. Management of PG depends on its type and severity and usually requires aggressive local and systemic treatment.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Neutrophils / pathology
  • Pyoderma Gangrenosum / classification*
  • Pyoderma Gangrenosum / complications
  • Pyoderma Gangrenosum / drug therapy
  • Pyoderma Gangrenosum / pathology