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Image Number #149 (Pyoderma gangrenosum)

Diagnosis: Pyoderma gangrenosum

Description: close up showing some undermining

Morphology: Ulcer

Site: Leg

Sex: F

Age: 30

Type: Clinical & Histology

Submitted By: Ian McColl

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History: This patient has underlying Crohns disease which had been well controlled.She developed a painful ulcer on her lower leg after minimal trauma.The ulcer has rapidly expanded with undermining of the edges.The last images show the ulcer after 3 weeks of high dose steroids orally.

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