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Pyoderma gangrenosum: A single-center case series study of 32 cases

Malik Güngör
Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Antalya 07059, Turkey
Gülbin Yaşar Subaşı
Aslı Bilgiç
Ayşe Akman
Ertan Yılmaz
Erkan Alpsoy
Received: 06 September 2024
Published: 30 November 2023

Abstract

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare neutrophilic dermatosis with multiple different clinical presentations and associated comorbidities. It often presents as ulcerated lesions with a violet/erythematous border and an irregular undercut margin. In this largest single-centre case series study in Antalya-Turkey, we reviewed 32 PG patients diagnosed consecutively within the last 5-year period. Consistent with the literature, PG morphologically often presented with the ulcerative clinic (90.6%), and inflammatory bowel disease (15.6%) was the most common etiologic factor. In our study, female gender predominance (78.2%), lower extremity localization (93.7%), and the rate of multiple ulcers at diagnosis (90.6%) were more prominent than in the literature. Unlike the literature, oral mucosa involvement and syndromic form (both, 6.2%) of the disease were detected more frequently. Our results indicate that PG patients may show differences according to geographical and ethnic differences and/or characteristics of the healthcare institution.

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