[Diagnostic image (211). A man with a skin wound after a dog bite].
A 34-year-old man sought medical advice for a dog bite on his left lower leg. The wound progressed after split skin transplantation. It was proved to be pyoderma gangrenosum associated with colitis ulcerosa and responded well to oral prednisone therapy.
Steenvoorde
P
P
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, afd. Heelkunde, Postbus 9600, 2300 RC Leiden. p.steenvoorde@lumc.nl
Oskam
J
J
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001733:Bites and Stings; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017511:Pyoderma Gangrenosum / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011239:Prednisolone