Atypical or bullous pyoderma gangrenosum: This type mostly affects the hands, and presents with blisters. It happens most often in people who have blood cancers like leukemia.

Classic pyoderma gangrenosum can occur on any skin surface, but is most commonly seen on the legs. Patients are often systemically unwell with symptoms such as fever, malaise, arthralgia, and myalgia.

We describe a man in his 60s presenting poor scar development following surgical treatment for popliteal aneurysm. The clinical features in a postoperative context and the poor clinical response to ...

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare neutrophilic dermatosis characterised by painful, rapidly developing skin ulcers, with undermined borders and peripheral erythema. 1 The average age of onset of PG ...

Bullous pyoderma gangrenosum was first described in patients with leukemia. 17 Patients often present with tender bullae that might burst, but the condition is generally less destructive than ...

Pyoderma gangrenosum is an inflammatory condition that starts as a rapidly enlarging, very painful ulcer, usually due to a condition like Crohn's. It is thought to affect one in 100,000 in the UK ...

Our 36-year-old daughter-in-law is suffering from very painful pyoderma gangrenosum. Her latest outbreak followed a mosquito bite in September, and she is being treated as an outpatient. She also ...