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Descriptor English:   Pyoderma Gangrenosum 
Descriptor Spanish:   Piodermia Gangrenosa 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Pioderma Gangrenoso 
Tree Number:   C17.800.695.675
C17.800.862.675
C17.800.893.675
Definition English:   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. 
Indexing Annotation English:   severe type of skin ulcer appearing mostly on the legs
History Note English:   93 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   30584 
Unique Identifier:   D017511 

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