ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Inflammatory dermatoses
Inflammatory erythemas and other reactive inflammatory...
Neutrophilic dermatoses
EB21 — Pyoderma gangrenosum
ICD-11 EB21 — Pyoderma gangrenosum
An idiopathic, rapidly evolving, and severely debilitating disease occurring most commonly in association with chronic ulcerative colitis. It is characterised 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.
It includes 1 item.
- Phagedenic pyoderma
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.