Pyoderma gangrenosum in ulcerative colitis - An exuberant and painful complication

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2022 Dec;114(12):770-771. doi: 10.17235/reed.2022.9120/2022.

Abstract

A 41-years-old female, with ulcerative colitis, presented to the emergency department with 7-days history of abdominal pain, bloody stools (> 10/day). The patient referred the appearance of a cutaneous lesion, on her left thigh, with subsequent appearance of similar lesions on the lower limbs. No improvement after amoxicillin/clavulanic acid. On admission, she was febrile (38.2 ºC) and tachycardic. She had three cutaneous lesions, the largest one with 8cm in the left thigh - a deep and painful lesion, with extensive ulceration, necrosis, exudative edges and with marked pathergia, compatible with pyoderma gangrenosum.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain
  • Adult
  • Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination
  • Colitis, Ulcerative* / complications
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pyoderma Gangrenosum* / complications

Substances

  • Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination