A Case of Pyoderma Gangrenosum Associated with Behcet's Disease.
- Author:
Kyeong Soo PARK
1
;
Won PARK
;
Jung Soo SON
;
Sung Kwon BAE
;
Yong Whan LEE
;
Don LEE
;
Seung Won CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Inha University, incheon, Korea. parkwon@inha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pyoderma gangrenosum;
Behcet's disease;
Pathergy phenomenon
- MeSH:
Arthritis, Rheumatoid;
Hepatitis, Chronic;
Humans;
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases;
Injections, Intramuscular;
Korea;
Leukemia;
Myeloproliferative Disorders;
Paraproteinemias;
Pyoderma Gangrenosum*;
Pyoderma*
- From:The Journal of the Korean Rheumatism Association
1999;6(4):340-345
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Pyoderma gangrenosum may be associated with underlying systemic diseases. The most frequently associated condition is inflammatory bowel disease. Other associations include chronic active and chronic persistent hepatitis, rheumatoid arthritis, leukemia, myeloma, ployarthritis, monoclonal gammopathy, myeloproliferative disorders, systemic lupus erythromatosus ad Behcet's disease. Multiple extensive pyoderma gangrenosum associatie with Behcet's disease has rerely been reported in Korea. Thus, we report a case of multiple pyoderma gangrenosums occurring as pathergy phenomenon at intravenous and intramuscular injection sites in a patient with Behcet's disease.
