Pyoderma gangrenosum associated with severe oropharyngeal involvement and IgA paraproteinaemia.
We report a patient with combined cutaneous and oropharyngeal pyoderma gangrenosum in association with an IgA lambda paraproteinaemia. The differential diagnosis of oral pyoderma gangrenosum is discussed.
St John's Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK. jane.setterfield@kcl.ac.uk
J F
JF
Setterfield
P J
PJ
Shirlaw
S J
SJ
Challacombe
M M
MM
Black
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009960:Oropharynx; D010265:Paraproteinemias / Q000150:complications*; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D017511:Pyoderma Gangrenosum / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology
D007070:Immunoglobulin A