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FK-506 ointment: an effective adjuvant therapy to treat a dramatic case of pyoderma gangrenosum of unilateral hand.

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a cutaneous ulcer developing so rapidly that may mimic a fulminating infection. The correct treatment is nonsurgical, and surgery may get the condition worse.1 FK-506 ointment (0.1% Protopic, Astellas Pharma AG, Fribourg) is usually indicated for inflammatory skin diseas...

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Publicado en:Chinese Journal of Traumatology Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 183 - 185
Autores principales: Lucchina S, Parvex SL, Biegger P, Fusetti C, Lucchina, Stefano, Parvex, Sandra Leoni, Biegger, Paul, Fusetti, Cesare
Formato: case study Journal Article
Publicado: Chinese Journal of Traumatology Jun2009
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Sumario:Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a cutaneous ulcer developing so rapidly that may mimic a fulminating infection. The correct treatment is nonsurgical, and surgery may get the condition worse.1 FK-506 ointment (0.1% Protopic, Astellas Pharma AG, Fribourg) is usually indicated for inflammatory skin diseases, such as atopic dermatitis and psoriasis2 or for acute rejection reversal of human hand transplantation 3. A few reports of PG affecting the functions of hands can be found in the scientific literature and this report describes the first case treated by FK-506 ointment as an adjuvant therapy.