Two Cases of Pyoderma Gangrenosum Associated with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.
- Author:
Mi Heun LEE
1
;
Sung Ae JUNG
;
Suk Kyun YANG
;
Hwoon Yong JUNG
;
Byeong Cheol SONG
;
Hye Sook CHANG
;
Sang Oh LEE
;
Hae Ryun KIM
;
Weon Seon HONG
;
Young Soo LEE
;
Young Il MIN
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University fo Ulsan, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pyoderma gangrenosum;
Crohn's disease;
Ulcerative colitis
- MeSH:
Adult;
Colitis, Ulcerative;
Crohn Disease;
Diagnosis;
Erythema;
Humans;
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases*;
Korea;
Middle Aged;
Pyoderma Gangrenosum*;
Pyoderma*;
Skin Diseases;
Ulcer
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
1997;17(6):847-852
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Pyoderma gangrenosum is a painful, chronic, ulcerating skin disease of unknown cause. It commences as an erythematous papulopustule and rapidly evolves to form an area of frank ulceration with undermined, violaceous edges and a bright outer halo of erythema. Diagnosis is clinical, there being no accepted histological diagnostic criteria. An underlying systemic illness is present in more than 50 percent of patients. Pyoderma gangrenosum develops in 0.8~5.0 percent of patients with inflammatory bowel disease, which is the most frequent underlying disease of pyoderma gangrenosum. There is no report of pyoderma gangrenosum associated with Crohn's disease in Korea. We recently experienced two cases of pyoderma gangrenosum, a 52-year old man with Crohn's disease and a 30-year old man with ulcerative colitis. The cases are presented with the review of literature.
