FREE NEJM E-TOC    HOME   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   CURRENT ISSUE   |   PAST ISSUES   |   COLLECTIONS   |   Search Term  Advanced Search

Sign in | Get NEJM's E-Mail Table of Contents — Free | Subscribe

Previous Volume 348:1064-1066 March 13, 2003 Number 11 Next

	Since this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

	Full Text PDF PDA Full Text Purchase this article Add to Personal Archive Add to Citation Manager Notify a Friend E-mail When Cited E-mail When Letters Appear Related Article by Weenig, R. H. PubMed Citation

To the Editor: Weenig et al. (Oct. 31 issue)¹ stress the need for extensive investigations in cases of skin ulcers that are suggestive of pyoderma gangrenosum. However, their recommendation of colonoscopy in Table 3 of their article is unclear. We believe that the decision to perform colonoscopy should be tailored to individual patients according to the expected effect on the management of their condition.

In a series of 86 patients with pyoderma gangrenosum from the Mayo Clinic,² 31 had inflammatory bowel disease. Pyoderma gangrenosum coincided with a flare of known inflammatory bowel disease in six patients and antedated the onset . . . [Full Text of this Article]

HOME  |  SUBSCRIBE  |  SEARCH  |  CURRENT ISSUE  |  PAST ISSUES  |  COLLECTIONS  |  PRIVACY  |  HELP  |  beta.nejm.org Comments and questions? Please contact us. The New England Journal of Medicine is owned, published, and copyrighted © 2008 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.