Multiple cavitary pulmonary nodules in association with pyoderma gangrenosum: case report Múltiplos nódulos pulmonares cavitados em associação com pioderma gangrenoso: relato de caso

• Main Authors: Maraya de Jesus Semblano Bittencourt (Author), Luciana Fontenele Brito Soares (Author), Lilia Sampaio Lobato (Author), Alexandre Dias Mançano (Author), Helandro Stuart Castro Leandro (Author), Diana Mendes da Fonseca (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2012-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare neutrophilic disease of unknown origin that is associated with systemic diseases in 50% of cases. It is characterized by erythematous-violaceous nodular lesions that quickly progress to painful ulcers, with undermined edges, necrotic-hemorrhagic, varying in size and de...