Pyoderma gangrenosum: a review of clinical features and outcomes of 23 cases requiring inpatient management.

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare dermatological disorder characterised by the rapid progression of a painful, necrolytic ulcer. This study retrospectively identified patients who were admitted and treated for PG during a 10-year period (2003-2013). Twenty-three patients were included in this study, 16 women and seven men.

A 10 year retrospective study of surgical outcomes of adult intracranial pilocytic astrocytoma.

Pilocytic astrocytomas (PA) are benign neoplasms commonly located in the cerebellum with a peak incidence in the first two decades of life. PA occurrence in adults is rare and very little information is available in the literature about tumour characteristics in this population. This study retrospectively identified 20 adults with PA.