Pustular penile pyoderma gangrenosum successfully treated with topical tacrolimus ointment.
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© 2012 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-1167 Journal Compilation © 2012 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Penile pyoderma gangrenosum (PPG) is an uncommon, non-infectious and idiopathic skin disease. Therapeutic options include topical or systemic corticosteroids or other systemically administered immunomodulatory drugs (1). We described here an eruption of pustular PPG, which was treated successfully with topical tacrolimus.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Acta dermato-venereologica
دوره 92 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012