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Erschienen in: European Orthopaedics and Traumatology 1/2014

01.03.2014 | Case Report

A report of two patients with a history of pyoderma gangrenosum where total knee arthroplasty was performed under prophylactic immunosuppression

verfasst von: Daniel S. Hill, Soulat Naim, Andrew M. Watts, Marina Morgan, Chris Bower, Andrew D. Toms

Erschienen in: European Orthopaedics and Traumatology | Ausgabe 1/2014

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Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare relapsing autoimmune inflammatory disorder resulting in skin necrosis and ulceration. It can be idiopathic or associated with other conditions. Sterile pustular lesions can occur 24–48 h following cutaneous trauma in up to 30 % of patients with PG. Blobnet first described this process in 1937 that he termed pathergy [1]. …
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Metadaten
Titel
A report of two patients with a history of pyoderma gangrenosum where total knee arthroplasty was performed under prophylactic immunosuppression
verfasst von
Daniel S. Hill
Soulat Naim
Andrew M. Watts
Marina Morgan
Chris Bower
Andrew D. Toms
Publikationsdatum
01.03.2014
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
European Orthopaedics and Traumatology / Ausgabe 1/2014
Print ISSN: 1867-4569
Elektronische ISSN: 1867-4577
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12570-013-0195-1

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