Table 2. PG Types and Their Associated Diseases

 

Types of PG

 

Associated Systemic Diseases

Ulcerative

Inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, monoclonal gammapathy, malignancies particularly myeloproliferative disorders e.g. leukemia, myelodysplasia, polycythemia rubra vera

 

Pustular

Very frequent: inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis)

Rarely: polycythemia rubra vera, hepatobiliary disease, pyostomatitis vegetans

 

Bullous

Frequently present: myeloprolifrative disorders

 

Vegetative

Usually no associated disease

 

 

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