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ArticleInternational wound journal2020

The great imitator with no diagnostic test: pyoderma gangrenosum.

Teresa Alonso-León, Heidi H Hernández-Ramírez, Veronica Fonte-Avalos, Sonia Toussaint-Caire, María E Vega-Memije, Adriana Lozano-Platonoff

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Article in International wound journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Classic pyoderma gangrenosum.Clinical case reports · 2024
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  11. [Research advances on the pathogenesis and diagnosis of pyoderma gangrenosum].Zhonghua shao shang yu chuang mian xiu fu za zhi · 2022
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  14. A Case Report of Extensive Pyoderma Gangrenosum on the Upper Third of the Body.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Teresa Alonso-LeónDivision of Dermatology, "Dr. Manuel Gea González" General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico.
Heidi H Hernández-RamírezDivision of Dermatology, "Dr. Manuel Gea González" General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico.
Veronica Fonte-AvalosDivision of Dermatology, "Dr. Manuel Gea González" General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico.
Sonia Toussaint-CaireDivision of Dermatology, "Dr. Manuel Gea González" General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico.
María E Vega-MemijeDivision of Dermatology, "Dr. Manuel Gea González" General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico.
Adriana Lozano-PlatonoffDivision of Dermatology, "Dr. Manuel Gea González" General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1662-4259
Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare, neutrophil-mediated, auto-inflammatory dermatosis that wound care specialists must be prepared to recognise. This condition has clinical features analogous to infectious processes. There is no specific diagnostic test and the diagnosis is usually obtained from exclusion. Its early recognition and proper management with prompt initiation of immunosuppressive therapy are essential to improve the quality of life and the prognosis of patients.

Indexed as

Pyoderma GangrenosumDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansNeutrophilsQuality of Lifechronic ulcersneutrophilic disease treatmentpainpyoderma gangrenosumwound care

Identifiers

PMID32779354
PMCPMC7948547
OpenAlexW3048805746

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