title: Pyoderma gangrenosum of the cervix.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Ulcerated cervical lesions are common findings in gynecology, but pyoderma gangrenosum presenting solely as a cervical ulcer is unusual.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 33-year-old nulligravida presented with postcoital bleeding and an extensive ulcerated lesion of the cervix that showed nonspecific inflammation on biopsy. After 6 months of topical steroid treatment, the lesion resolved completely.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pyoderma gangrenosum should be suspected in nonspecific cervical ulcers, especially those that worsen after surgical resection or ablation and then respond to steroid treatment.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Metabolic Bone Disease, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, United Kingdom. p.albertazzi@medschool.hull.ac.uk
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Albertazzi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Di Micco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001623:Betamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D017511:Pyoderma Gangrenosum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002577:Uterine Cervical Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D001623:Betamethasone