differential diagnosis
Last reviewed 01/2018
The differential diagnosis of pyoderma gangrenosum includes:
- infective ulcers:
- syphilitic
- mycobacterial
- fungal
- malignant ulcer
- vasculitic:
- antiphospholipid syndrome
- Wegener's granulomatosis
- Behcets disease
- Sweet's syndrome
skin ulcer (differential diagnosis)
squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
basal cell carcinoma of the skin
antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly termed Wegener's granulomatosis)