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Peristomal pyoderma gangrenosum successfully treated with cyclosporine

Shoko Urano
Department of Dermatology, Jyuzen Memorial Hospital, 1700 Komatsu, Hamamatsu 434-0042, Japan
Jinnroh Abe
Department of Surgery, Jyuzen Memorial Hospital, Hamamatsu 434-0042, Japan.
Hirotoshi Kikuchi
Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu 431-3125, Japan
Received: 05 September 2024
Published: 27 July 2022

Abstract

Peristomal pyoderma gangrenosum (PPG) is an uncommon subtype of pyoderma gangrenosum. We describe a 74-year-old woman without inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who developed PG around the jejunostomy and was successfully treated with cyclosporine. In our case, irritations by a lumbar corset and repeated sutures around the jejunostomy seemed to have caused pathergy reaction. It is noteworthy that 20% of PPG patients do not have IBD and therefore patients presenting PPG without IBD should not be overlooked.

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