Hemiarthroplasty in a patient with femoral neck fracture and pyoderma gangrenosum: a case report and review of the literature

Abstract Background Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare ulcerating skin disease of unknown etiology, making its coincidence with orthopedic trauma a rare challenge. Patients are at risk of progression of the existing lesions and development of new lesions upon skin injury when surgical procedures are per...

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Main Authors: Anna Antoni, Franz Trautinger, Thomas Heinz, Stefan Hajdu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-019-2329-8