Pyoderma gangrenosum in a patient with collagenous colitis - 29/08/11
Doi : 10.1016/S0190-9622(03)00733-3
Ajay K Batra, MD a, John M Levey, MD a, Jon Trister, MD a, Rashmi Patwardhan, MD a, ⁎
a Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital at Worcester Medical Center and University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
*Reprint requests: Rashmi Patwardhan, MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School, St Vincent's Hospital at Worcester Medical Center, 20 Worcester Center Blvd, Worcester, MA 01608, USA.
Abstract |
The association between pyoderma gangrenosum and inflammatory bowel disease is well established. Collagenous colitis is one of the microscopic colitides, which are thought to be on the same spectrum of disease as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Before this study there had been no reported cases of pyoderma gangrenosum in the setting of collagenous colitis. We report a case of a 79-year-old woman with symptomatic collagenous colitis and refractory pyoderma gangrenosum.
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American Academy of Dermatology, Inc.. Publié par Elsevier Masson SAS. Tous droits réservés.
Vol 49 - N° 5S
P. 277-279 - novembre 2003 Retour au numéro
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