Pyoderma Gangrenosum: A Challenging Cutaneous Manifestation in Dubowitz Syndrome

Cutaneous Pyoderma Gangrenosum of the Hand

Pyoderma gangrenosum-like primary cutaneous cryptococcosis.

Sir, The first published case of a Cryptococcus infection was reported by Zenker in 1861 (1), when he described a case of a man dying from a fungal infection involving the central nervous system (CNS). Thereafter, reports of Cryptococcus infections increased significantly. Today most cases occur in immunocompromised, often HIVinfected, individuals (2). C. neoformans (CN) is a ubiquitous yeast-l...

Cutaneous blastomycosis masquerading as pyoderma gangrenosum.

Cutaneous blastomycosis (CB) is associated with a variety of skin manifestations. Among other entities, CB may be mistaken for pyoderma gangrenosum due to overlap of findings on histopathologic examination. We report a case of CB, initially diagnosed as pyoderma gangrenosum and treated with steroids, leading to disseminated blastomycosis and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

Keloid: A rare finding in Pyoderma Gangrenosum

Pyoderma gangrenosum is characterized by a chronic, non-infectious, destructive ulcer which is mostly seen on distal lower extremities, but it can be found anywhere on body. We report an 18-year old man who developed keloids after healing of his ulcers. He was a known case of chronic relapsing pyoderma gangrenosum. His previous ulcers were used to heal leaving atrophic, cigarette-paper sc...

Pyoderma gangrenosum as a initial manifestation of ulcerative proctocolitis

pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare inflammatory skin condition characterized by progressive and recurrent skin ulceration of destructive course. It is usually associated with rheumatoid arthritis, paraproteinemia, myeloproliferative diseases and inflammatory bowel diseases, especially non-specific ulcerative proctocolitis. In these situations, skin lesions are described as concurrent with the intes...