title: Pyoderma gangrenosum treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
abstract: The management of pyoderma gangrenosum often requires systemic drug therapy, such as corticosteroids, sulfones, or immunosuppressants, either alone or in combination. Inconsistent response to therapy is a source of frustration to both patient and physician. Several reports in the literature document the successful treatment of pyoderma gangrenosum with hyperbaric oxygen therapy. In our patient, a woman with severe rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes mellitus, hyperbaric oxygen therapy not only promoted healing of pyoderma gangrenosum but permitted reduction of systemic corticosteroids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wasserteil
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bruce
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Sessoms
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Guntupalli
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D008875:Middle Aged; D017511:Pyoderma Gangrenosum / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*