Vulvar pyoderma gangrenosum in a child

Pediatr Dermatol. 2009 Sep-Oct;26(5):629-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2009.01005.x.

Abstract

We present a case of a 10-year-old girl with a diagnosis of vulvar pyoderma gangrenosum. Intravenous methylprednisolone was started and on tapering the steroid regimen, the lesion showed significant enlargement and purulent discharge without any remission of fever and inflammatory activity, so she was treated with oral cyclosporin A in combination with low-dose steroid. A response to treatment was achieved after 2 weeks and clinical and laboratory follow-up at 12 months did not show any disease relapse or inflammation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Biopsy
  • Child
  • Cyclosporine / administration & dosage
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / administration & dosage
  • Methylprednisolone / administration & dosage*
  • Pyoderma Gangrenosum / drug therapy*
  • Pyoderma Gangrenosum / pathology
  • Vulvitis / drug therapy*
  • Vulvitis / pathology

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Cyclosporine
  • Methylprednisolone