Multiple aseptic pulmonary nodules with central necrosis in association with pyoderma gangrenosum.

Pulmonary manifestations of pyoderma gangrenosum are relatively rare. We report the case of a 45-year-old patient with multiple pulmonary nodules with central necrosis as assessed by CT scan. The patient had a 4-year history of pyoderma gangrenosum with only minor skin manifestations. A CT-guided, f...

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Publicado en:CHEST Vol. 119; no. 3; pp. 977 - 979
Autores principales: Krüger, Stefan, Piroth, Werner, Baffour Amo Takyi, Breuer, Christian, Schwarz, Ernst R., Krüger, S, Piroth, W, Amo Takyi, B, Breuer, C, Schwarz, E R
Formato: case study Journal Article
Publicado: American College of Chest Physicians Mar2001
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Sumario:Pulmonary manifestations of pyoderma gangrenosum are relatively rare. We report the case of a 45-year-old patient with multiple pulmonary nodules with central necrosis as assessed by CT scan. The patient had a 4-year history of pyoderma gangrenosum with only minor skin manifestations. A CT-guided, fine-needle biopsy of the lung revealed a nonspecific, inflammatory, aseptic necrotic process, which was comparable to the skin biopsy of one pyoderma lesion. Following the initiation of oral prednisolone therapy, a rapid resolution of the pulmonary nodules occurred. We conclude that pulmonary nodules represent a rare pulmonary manifestation of pyoderma gangrenosum.