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. 2015 Jan-Feb;60(1):107.
doi: 10.4103/0019-5154.147892.

Pyoderma gangrenosum in a patient with pemphigus vulgaris: an unusual association

Vinay Keshavamurthy  1 , Amrinder J Kanwar  1 , Uma N Saikia  2
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Pyoderma gangrenosum in a patient with pemphigus vulgaris: an unusual association

Vinay Keshavamurthy et al. Indian J Dermatol. 2015 Jan-Feb.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
(a) Clinical photography showing a large necrotic ulcer, with purulent base and surrounding erythema over the anterolateral aspect of left thigh. A flaccid bulla can also be appreciated below the ulcer (arrow). (b) Clinical photography showing gingival erosions
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a) Photomicrography of lesional skin biopsy from ulcer margin showing necrotic epidermis with intense neutrophilic infiltrate and fibrin deposition, H and E × 10X. (b) Photomicrography of a lesional skin biopsy from flaccid vesicle showing suprabasal acantholysis with tomb stone arrangement of basal keratinocytes, H and E × 40X
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