title: Pyoderma gangrenosum producing saddle nose deformity.
abstract: Pyoderma gangrenosum affecting the nose is rare and this may lead to diagnostic confusion because of the large differential diagnosis. As diagnosis is made, largely, on the basis of exclusion the treatment of pyoderma gangrenosum may be unduly delayed. The condition is often disfiguring, particularly following inappropriate surgical intervention, and early diagnosis is therefore important. We present a case of pyoderma gangrenosum managed initially in the community with minor surgery and resulting in the rare complication of saddle nose deformity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kent and Sussex Weald NHS Trust, Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, UK.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Worley
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Wareing
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Sergeant
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009666:Nose / Q000473:pathology; D009667:Nose Deformities, Acquired / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D017511:Pyoderma Gangrenosum / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013933:Thumb / Q000473:pathology