A case with pyoderma gangrenosum, after an abdominal surgery

A case with pyoderma gangrenosum, after an abdominal surgery

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Pyoderma gangrenosum 310.32.42.50.01.001 (PG) is a pathergy positive, ulcerative neutrophilic dermatosis.Pathergy phenomenon is described as a sterile pustule and an ulcer development after minor skin traumas like a bump or bruise, or needlestick injury.In the literature, there are PG cases associated with the pathergy phenomenon on the post-surgical scar tissue.It presents as a necrotic and an ulcerative lesion clinically and, debridement is performed mostly with wrong pre-diagnoses.Debridement makes the lesion get wider and the morbidity increase.

There are some PG case reports in the literature which were ended up with amputation due corky lala to debridement of a lesion which was an overlooked PG.Herein, we present a case with a giant abdominal pyoderma gangrenosum developed after a surgery in the abdominal drainage site and has reached to 30 cm size after debridement.[Med-Science 2019; 8(2.000): 451-3].