Cavitating pulmonary infiltrate in an adolescent with pyoderma gangrenosum: A rarely recognized extracutaneous manifestation of a neutrophilic dermatosis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 43, Issue 1 I, 2000, Pages 108-112

  Brown, Timothy S ^a   Marshall, Gary S ^a   Callen, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034234750     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2000.103627     Document Type: Article

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