PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM

Authors

  • Κ. ΚΟΥΣΚΟΥΚΗΣ
  • Ι. ΑΝΔΡΟΥΛΑΚΗΣ
  • Σ. ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ

Abstract

Α case of pyoderma gangrenosum in 43-years old woman is reported. The aetiology, the pathologenesis, the clinical forms and the histopathology of the disease are discused.

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