A Case of Pyoderma Gangrenosum Misdiagnosed as Necrotizing Infection: A Potential Diagnostic Catastrophe

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="1"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Inflammatory bowel disease—Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Hematologic disorders</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Hematologic malignancy</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Multiple myeloma</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Myelodysplasia</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Polycythemia vera</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Arthritis</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Rheumatoid arthritis</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Seronegative arthritis</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Inherited autoinflammatory syndromes [<a href="/journals/criid/2018/8907542/#B13" target="_blank">13</a>]</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> PAPA</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> PAPASH</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> SAPHO</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="1"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>AML, acute myeloid leukemia; PAPA, pyogenic arthritis, pyoderma gangrenosum, and acne; PAPASH, pyogenic arthritis, pyoderma gangrenosum, acne, and hidradenitis suppurativa; SAPHO, synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Underlying systemic diseases associated with pyoderma gangrenosum.</div>

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Table 1: A Case of Pyoderma Gangrenosum Misdiagnosed as Necrotizing Infection: A Potential Diagnostic Catastrophe 