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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 DG diagnostic imaging
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
RT radiotherapy RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   30584 
Unique Identifier:   D017511 

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