Pyoderma gangrenosum: update and guidance
Introduction: The pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a neutrophilic disease, rare but with a poor outcome. The Capitulum of Wound treatment of the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery (SBCP) promoted a discussion with the Brazilian societies of Dermatology and Rheumatology to extract the best pro...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
2022-12-01
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica |
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| Online Access: | http://www.rbcp.org.br/export-pdf/3204/en_v37n4a06.pdf |
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| Summary: | Introduction:
The pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a neutrophilic disease, rare but with a poor outcome. The Capitulum of Wound treatment of the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery (SBCP) promoted a discussion with the Brazilian societies of Dermatology and Rheumatology to extract the best procedures in diagnostic and treatment.
Methods:
Broad review of published articles related to the subject and compilation of guidelines of diagnostic and treatment by two advisors of each involved society, plastic surgery, dermatology and rheumatology.
Results:
The PG is not an exclusion disease anymore, with well defined criteria for its diagnostic and literature based treatment, refined by the authors, including the use of biological therapies.
Conclusion:
The PG remains challenging, but systematizing the investigation and the use of new drugs has opened a new horizon of treatments, interfering in the pathophysiology in a positive manner with fewer side effects than immunosuppressive therapy alone. |
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| ISSN: | 1983-5175 2177-1235 |