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Case Reports
. 2013 Feb;12(2):228-30.

Pyoderma gangrenosum: a misdiagnosis

Jessica El-Kehdy  1 , Eckart Haneke, Paula G Karam
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  • PMID: 23377399
Case Reports

Pyoderma gangrenosum: a misdiagnosis

Jessica El-Kehdy et al. J Drugs Dermatol. 2013 Feb.

Abstract

Pyoderma gangrenosum is an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology, commonly mistaken for an infection. Here, we report the case of a 55-year-old woman with an infectious process that was initially misdiagnosed as pyoderma gangrenosum and treated accordingly. We also discuss the criteria and the methods available to diagnose infections and pyoderma gangrenosum correctly.

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