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Pyoderma gangrenosum associated with osteomyelitis in a paediatric patient: a case report
A East-Innis1, R Desnoes, K Thame
1Section of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, The University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies.
The West Indian Medical Journal
|October 8, 2005
Abstract:
Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare ulcerative skin disorder mainly occurring in adults. It is seen less frequently in children. The cause is unknown but it may occur in association with several disorders. Osteomyelitis is a very rare association. We report a case of pyoderma gangrenosum associated with osteomyelitis in a two-year-old girl.
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