Pyoderma gangrenosum at multiple sites in a post‐colostomy ulcerative colitis patient with chronic hepatitis B virus: A case report.

Pyoderma gangrenosum is an uncommon ulcerative cutaneous lesion manifesting as rapidly progressing single or multiple skin ulcers. Permanent stoma in inflammatory bowel disease patients remains an independent risk of pyoderma gangrenosum. In the current report, we describe a case of pyoderma gangren...

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Publicado en:International Wound Journal Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 187 - 191
Autores principales: Wang, Ben, Liu, Ting, Liu, Fang, He, Yan‐Ling
Formato: case study pictorial Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Feb2020
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Sumario:Pyoderma gangrenosum is an uncommon ulcerative cutaneous lesion manifesting as rapidly progressing single or multiple skin ulcers. Permanent stoma in inflammatory bowel disease patients remains an independent risk of pyoderma gangrenosum. In the current report, we describe a case of pyoderma gangrenosum in a post‐colostomy ulcerative colitis patient with chronic hepatitis B. Pyoderma gangrenosum began seemingly as peristomal dermatitis that rapidly developed into painful ulcerations with subsequent appearance of sterile pustules and ulcerations in the left lower leg. The patient significantly improved after active management with prednisolone, antiviral therapy with entecavir, and wound dressings. Our case suggests that physicians and surgeons should have a high index of suspicion of pyoderma gangrenosum in post‐colostomy ulcerative colitis patients who develop peristomal dermatitis.