Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare, ulcerative skin condition of unknown origin, with an annual incidence of 3 to 10 cases per million people. Skin lesions develop as painful, edematous nodules or ...

Pyoderma gangrenosum is a diagnosis of exclusion, and the misdiagnosis of pyoderma gangrenosum can result in substantial complications in patients who have other causes of severe cutaneous ulceration.

Pyoderma gangrenosum was first described as an extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) by Brunsting and colleagues in 1930. 1 They described painful enlarging necrotic ulcers ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There are few medications dermatologists can prescribe for pyoderma gangrenosum, a complex wound disease.

People who have an inflammatory bowel disease like ulcerative colitis often have problems caused by inflammation in other parts of their bodies. One of these is a skin condition called pyoderma ...