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09-02-2021-1101 - Pyoderma gangrenosum 1930

Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare, inflammatory skin disease where painful pustules or nodulesbecome ulcers that progressively grow.[3] Pyoderma gangrenosum is not infectious.[3]

Treatments may include corticosteroidsciclosporininfliximab, or canakinumab.[2]

The disease was identified in 1930. It affects approximately 1 person in 100,000 in the population. Though it can affect people of any age, it mostly affects people in their 40s and 50s.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyoderma_gangrenosum

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