Paraneoplastic pyoderma gangrenosum

Australas J Dermatol. 1993;34(1):17-22. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1993.tb00841.x.

Abstract

Pyoderma Gangrenosum (PG) is often associated with an underlying disease. PG as a paraneoplastic disease is illustrated by the presentation of four patients with malignancy of myeloproliferative origin and PG. An associated malignancy is found in approximately 7% of patients with PG, most commonly haematologic in nature and in particular leukaemia. Clinically the PG is often of the superficial bullous variant and is associated with a poor prognosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leukemia / pathology
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes / pathology
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes / pathology*
  • Polycythemia Vera / pathology
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / pathology
  • Pyoderma Gangrenosum / pathology*