Intravenous Immunoglobulin as Salvage Therapy in Refractory Pyoderma Gangrenosum: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

Pyoderma gangrenosum is a neutrophilic dermatosis that occurs both as a primary disorder as well as secondary to an underlying disease. Due to its low prevalence there are limited data on therapeutics, particularly in refractory cases. Here, we discuss a case successfully managed with intravenous im...

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Autores principales: Cafardi, John, Sami, Naveed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2014
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Published online: October, 2014
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4255992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25493078
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000368824
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description Pyoderma gangrenosum is a neutrophilic dermatosis that occurs both as a primary disorder as well as secondary to an underlying disease. Due to its low prevalence there are limited data on therapeutics, particularly in refractory cases. Here, we discuss a case successfully managed with intravenous immunoglobulin and review the supporting literature.
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spelling pubmed-42559922014-12-09 Intravenous Immunoglobulin as Salvage Therapy in Refractory Pyoderma Gangrenosum: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature Cafardi, John Sami, Naveed Case Rep Dermatol Published online: October, 2014 Pyoderma gangrenosum is a neutrophilic dermatosis that occurs both as a primary disorder as well as secondary to an underlying disease. Due to its low prevalence there are limited data on therapeutics, particularly in refractory cases. Here, we discuss a case successfully managed with intravenous immunoglobulin and review the supporting literature. S. Karger AG 2014-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC4255992/ /pubmed/25493078 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000368824 Text en Copyright © 2014 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC) (www.karger.com/OA-license), applicable to the online version of the article only. Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
spellingShingle Published online: October, 2014
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Intravenous Immunoglobulin as Salvage Therapy in Refractory Pyoderma Gangrenosum: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature
title Intravenous Immunoglobulin as Salvage Therapy in Refractory Pyoderma Gangrenosum: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature
title_full Intravenous Immunoglobulin as Salvage Therapy in Refractory Pyoderma Gangrenosum: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Intravenous Immunoglobulin as Salvage Therapy in Refractory Pyoderma Gangrenosum: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed Intravenous Immunoglobulin as Salvage Therapy in Refractory Pyoderma Gangrenosum: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature
title_short Intravenous Immunoglobulin as Salvage Therapy in Refractory Pyoderma Gangrenosum: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature
title_sort intravenous immunoglobulin as salvage therapy in refractory pyoderma gangrenosum: report of a case and review of the literature
topic Published online: October, 2014
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4255992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25493078
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000368824
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