Pyoderma Gangrenosum in Ulcerative Colitis / 대한소화기내시경학회지
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
;
: 300-305, 1999.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-38673
ABSTRACT
Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory disorder that affects the rectum and extends proximally to affect a variable extent of the colon. The major symptoms of ulcerative colitis include diarrhea, rectal bleeding, the passage of mucus, and abdominal pain. Ulcer-ative colitis also may be complicated by many local and systemic disorders as extrain-testinal manifestations. Pyoderma gangrenosum is the most severe dermatologic com-plication associated with ulcerative colitis. It is a painful , chronic, ulcerating skin disease of unknown cause. Diagnosis is clinical, there being no accepted histological diagnostic criteria. Conventional therapy is empirical, usually with high dose corticosteroids, but var-ious other agents have been tried with occasional success including topical antibiotics, cyclosporine, disodium cromoglycate, and dapsone. This patient was treated with high dose corticosteroid (prednisolone 1 mg/kg/day) and discharged with clinical improvement. So we report this case with a literature review.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pyoderma
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Rectum
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Skin Diseases
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Ulcer
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Colitis, Ulcerative
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Abdominal Pain
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Cyclosporine
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Cromolyn Sodium
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Pyoderma Gangrenosum
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Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
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