title: Simultaneous onset of pyoderma gangrenosum and bitemporal abscesses of the upper eyelids during a flare of ulcerative colitis.
abstract: A case of simultaneous appearance of bitemporal sterile abscesses of the upper eyelids and pyoderma gangrenosum in an 80-year-old woman with an acute flare of ulcerative colitis is described. Therapy with high-dose corticosteroids led to healing of the skin and upper eyelid lesions and induced remission of ulcerative colitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine I, University of Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: von Tirpitz
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Buchwald
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Adler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reinshagen
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D017511:Pyoderma Gangrenosum / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents