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Pyoderma

Medical Definition: Any purulent skin disease (Dorland, 27th ed).
Guide Notes: "any purulent skin dis" but do not make diagnoses: use term of text
Pyoderma Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Pyoderma Gangrenosum - 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.

Pyoderma Medical Definitions and Terms

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