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Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction complicated by pyoderma gangrenosum
E Bagouri1, Jon Smith, G Geutjens
1Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Trauma and Orthopaedics Department, Royal Derby Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby DE22 3NE, UK. elmonzer@yahoo.com
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
|November 8, 2012
Abstract:
We report a case of pyoderma gangrenosum as a complication of an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in a patient with inflammatory bowel disease, which was misdiagnosed initially as a post-operative wound infection. An early dermatology opinion and skin biopsy should be considered in cases of suspected infection where thorough surgical debridement and antimicrobial therapy has failed to improve the clinical picture.
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