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Pyoderma Gangrenosum

Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue

Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare, inflammatory skin disease in which painful pustules or nodules become ulcers that progressively grow. It is not infectious.

Facts
Classification
Body System
Integumentary System 1
ICD-10 Chapter
XII: Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue 1
Communicable or Non-communicable
Non-Communicable 2
Transmission Route
Non-Transmissible 3
First Described
1908 4
Sources
1. Wikipedia: ICD-10
WikipediaList of chapters, Chapter XII
Quote, List of chapters, Chapter XII
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
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2. Wikipedia
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia Foundation
3. Wikipedia: Pyoderma gangrenosum
WikipediaLead section, transmission-route statement
Quote, Lead section, transmission-route statement
Pyoderma gangrenosum is not infectious.
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4. Pyoderma gangrenosum (Wikipedia)
  • Disease identified in 1908, article intro
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyoderma_gangrenosum, lead section
    become ulcers that progressively grow. Pyoderma gangrenosum is not infectious.
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Wikidata: Pyoderma Gangrenosum
Wikidata Q7118181, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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