Abstract

MARTIN-PLAYA, P. et al. Vacuum assisted negative pressure therapy in a clinical case of pyoderma gangrenosum. Cir. plást. iberolatinoam. [online]. 2015, vol.41, n.2, pp.169-174. ISSN 1989-2055.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S0376-78922015000200007.

Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare cutaneous disease of uncertain cause. Lesions usually start like pustulae or nodules that rapidly progress into shallow or deep ulcers, undermined. Pathergy occurs in 20% to 50% of the cases, that is why debriding lesions may only worsen them. We present a case of a woman with pioderma gangrenosum whose lesions evolution were slow despite systemic inmunosupression and whose dressing changes were very painful, so we decide to use vacuum assisted negative pressure therapy, obtaining favorable results in short to medium term.

Keywords : Pyoderma gangrenosum; Vacuum assisted negative pressure.

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