Published 2009 | Version v1
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Rare complication after cardiac surgery: a case report of pyoderma gangrenosum

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Pyoderma gangrenosum is an uncommon, idiopathic, chronic ulcerative inflammatory skin disease characterized by a rapidly progressive necrosis of the wound edges, and mimics a postoperative infection. Few cases have been reported after cardiothoracic surgery. We present a case of a pyoderma gangrenosum occurring after coronary artery bypass graft.

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http://hdl.handle.net/11567/926481
URN
urn:oai:iris.unige.it:11567/926481

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UNIGE