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Exuberant pyoderma gangrenosum in a patient with autoimmune hepatitis

Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare neutrophilic dermatosis, which usually presents as ulcers with erythematous-violaceous undermined edges and a rough base with purulent or sanguinous exudate. It can be primary or associated with an underlying disease. However, rare cases of its association with autoimm...

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Autores principales: Dantas, Stephanie Galiza, Quintella, Leonardo Pereira, Fernandes, Nurimar Conceição
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5312191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28225969
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20174871
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author Dantas, Stephanie Galiza
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description Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare neutrophilic dermatosis, which usually presents as ulcers with erythematous-violaceous undermined edges and a rough base with purulent or sanguinous exudate. It can be primary or associated with an underlying disease. However, rare cases of its association with autoimmune hepatitis have been described in the literature. Diagnosis is based on a characteristic clinical picture and ruling out other causes of ulcers. This paper aims to discuss the management of corticosteroid therapy and the importance of local treatment. We report a case with torpid evolution, presented with multiple and deep ulcers in a young patient with autoimmune hepatitis, causing pain and significant disability. We observed complete healing of lesions after two months of successful treatment.
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spelling pubmed-53121912017-02-23 Exuberant pyoderma gangrenosum in a patient with autoimmune hepatitis Dantas, Stephanie Galiza Quintella, Leonardo Pereira Fernandes, Nurimar Conceição An Bras Dermatol Case Report Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare neutrophilic dermatosis, which usually presents as ulcers with erythematous-violaceous undermined edges and a rough base with purulent or sanguinous exudate. It can be primary or associated with an underlying disease. However, rare cases of its association with autoimmune hepatitis have been described in the literature. Diagnosis is based on a characteristic clinical picture and ruling out other causes of ulcers. This paper aims to discuss the management of corticosteroid therapy and the importance of local treatment. We report a case with torpid evolution, presented with multiple and deep ulcers in a young patient with autoimmune hepatitis, causing pain and significant disability. We observed complete healing of lesions after two months of successful treatment. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5312191/ /pubmed/28225969 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20174871 Text en ©2017 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited.
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Dantas, Stephanie Galiza
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title Exuberant pyoderma gangrenosum in a patient with autoimmune hepatitis
title_full Exuberant pyoderma gangrenosum in a patient with autoimmune hepatitis
title_fullStr Exuberant pyoderma gangrenosum in a patient with autoimmune hepatitis
title_full_unstemmed Exuberant pyoderma gangrenosum in a patient with autoimmune hepatitis
title_short Exuberant pyoderma gangrenosum in a patient with autoimmune hepatitis
title_sort exuberant pyoderma gangrenosum in a patient with autoimmune hepatitis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5312191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28225969
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20174871
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