Document
Multiple pyoderma gangrenosum ulcers associated with cocaine abuse.
Contributors
Sánchez-Cano, Daniel., Author
Other titles
تقيح الجلد الغرغريني المتعدد المرتبط بمعاقرة الكوكايين.
Publisher
College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University.
Gregorian
2016-11
Language
English
Subject
English abstract
PG is an uncommon neutrophilic dermatosis that
presents as an inflammatory and ulcerative disorder
of the skin. Most cases are associated with an
underlying immunological condition, such as inflam matory bowel disease, rheumatological diseases,
haematological disorders or metabolic syndrome.1
In the current patient, all of the laboratory tests
were negative apart from the toxicology screening,
which distinguishes this case from others reported
in the literature. The differential diagnosis included
connective tissue diseases such as chronic cutaneous
Sponsorship
SQU
Series
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal;vol.16
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Journal articles