Direct immunofluorescence in pyoderma gangrenosum |
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Authors: | FC POWELL AL SCHROETFR HO PERRY WPD SU |
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Institution: | Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Direct immunofluorescence was done in fifty-one cases of pyoderma gangrenosum. Biopsy specimens were taken from the peripheral erythematous zone of the lesion. In thirty-one cases (61%), there was positive immunofluorescence, with perivascular deposition of immune reactants being the most frequent pattern (twenty-seven cases). These findings support a vasculitic pathogenesis of pyoderma gangrenosum. |
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