Dermatology

Does every black necrotic lesion need surgical debridement?

Mohamed Shoukry, Jose De Lafunte and Muhammad S. Choudhry

A 4-year-old boy with beta-thalassemia major who underwent a successful bone marrow transplant (BMT), presented with a necrotic looking scalp lesion. Debridement was initially suggested but a punch biopsy showed Aspergillus fumigatus. Antifungal therapy was commenced and the lesion healed with minimal scarring. Invasive fungal infections are a major cause of morbidity and...

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(Vol 11 p 66-69, Dermatology; Haematology; Paediatric Surgery: 12 August 2011)

A case of chronic non-erosive sero-negative polyarthritis associated with pyoderma gangrenosum

Katherine Irving and Ali S. M. Jawad

We report a patient presenting with a seronegative polyarthritis who later developed pyoderma gangrenosum. The presumptive diagnosis was seronegative rheumatoid arthritis and associated pyoderma gangrenosum. However, the arthritis, although steroid responsive, did not respond to treatment with the usual DMARD therapies and appears to mirror the activity of the pyoderma...

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(Vol 6 p 1-3, Rheumatology, Dermatology: 1 May 2006)

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Editor-in-Chief

Frank Cross

Consultant Surgeon

St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK

Editors

Neil Barnes

Consultant Physician

St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK

Ali Jawad

Consultant Rheumatologist

St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK