Pyoderma Gangrenosum in Association with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

A 17‐year‐old girl presented with multiple, painful, erythematous blisters and ulcerated lesions on the shins and buttocks. She also had arthralgia. She had suffered from juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) and recieved anti‐inflammatory agents and oral glucocorticoids for eight years. A biopsy of a...

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Published in:Journal of dermatology 2005-10, Vol.32 (10), p.827-830
Main Authors: Yaylı, Savaş, Bahadır, Sevgi, Alpay, Köksal, Çimşit, Gülseren, Çobanoğlu, Ümit, Tosun, Mehmet
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Arthritis, Juvenile - complications
Female
Humans
juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
pyoderma gangrenosum
Pyoderma Gangrenosum - complications
Pyoderma Gangrenosum - drug therapy
Pyoderma Gangrenosum - pathology
Skin Ulcer - pathology
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Summary:A 17‐year‐old girl presented with multiple, painful, erythematous blisters and ulcerated lesions on the shins and buttocks. She also had arthralgia. She had suffered from juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) and recieved anti‐inflammatory agents and oral glucocorticoids for eight years. A biopsy of a lesion showed epidermal ulceration with marked neutrophilic infiltrates in the dermis. The patient was diagnosed with pyoderma gangrenosum (PG). PG is an uncommon cutaneous ulceration within the spectrum of the neutrophilic dermatoses that is reported in association with a number of systemic disorders, including inflammatory bowel disease, hematologic disease, internal malignancies, arthritis, immune abnormalities, and solid tumors. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of PG associated with JRA.
ISSN:0385-2407
1346-8138
DOI:10.1111/j.1346-8138.2005.tb00853.x