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Case Reports
. 2021 Sep 20;11(5):601-603.
doi: 10.1080/20009666.2021.1958492. eCollection 2021.

Pyoderma gangrenosum following COVID-19 infection

Khezar Syed  1 , Haseeb Chaudhary  1 , Bharath Balu  1
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Case Reports

Pyoderma gangrenosum following COVID-19 infection

Khezar Syed et al. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. .
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Pyoderma gangrenosum; inflammatory skin disorders; neutrophilic dermatosis; non-healing ulcers; skin ulcers.

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Figure 1.
Ulcerated lesions on the scrotum (a) and lower abdomen (b) of the patient
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