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Descriptor English: Pyoderma Gangrenosum
Descriptor Spanish: Piodermia Gangrenosa
Descriptor piodermia gangrenosa
Entry term(s) pioderma gangrenoso
Scope note: Enfermedad idiopática, muy debilitante, de evolución rápida, que comúnmente aparece asociada a una colitis ulcerosa crónica. Se caracteriza por la presencia de úlceras purpúreas hundidas con bordes mal delimitados, que aparecen fundamentalmente en las piernas. La mayoría de los casos se presentan en personas entre 40 y 60 años. Su etiología es desconocida.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pioderma Gangrenoso
Descriptor French: Pyodermie phadégénique
Tree number(s): C17.800.695.675
C17.800.862.675
C17.800.893.675
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017511
Scope note: An idiopathic, rapidly evolving, and severely debilitating disease occurring most commonly in association with chronic ulcerative colitis. It is characterized by the presence of boggy, purplish ulcers with undermined borders, appearing mostly on the legs. The majority of cases are in people between 40 and 60 years old. Its etiology is unknown.
Annotation: severe type of skin ulcer appearing mostly on the legs
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Pyoderma (1966-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93
History Note: 93
DeCS ID: 30584
Unique ID: D017511
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Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/22
Revision Date: 1993/06/02
Pyoderma Gangrenosum - Preferred
Concept UI M0026573
Scope note An idiopathic, rapidly evolving, and severely debilitating disease occurring most commonly in association with chronic ulcerative colitis. It is characterized by the presence of boggy, purplish ulcers with undermined borders, appearing mostly on the legs. The majority of cases are in people between 40 and 60 years old. Its etiology is unknown.
Preferred term Pyoderma Gangrenosum



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