[Pyoderma gangrenosum over a saphenectomy scar in a cANCA-positive patient with diverticulitis].
Pyoderma gangrenosum is a chronic, painful, ulcerative skin disease of unknown etiology. In 50 % of the cases, it is associated with systemic disease, primarily with inflammatory bowel disease. It can develop over areas of trauma or surgical wounds, possibly because of local immunoreactant deposits. We describe the case of a cANCA-positive patient with colonic diverticulitis who developed pyoderma gangrenosum over a saphenectomy scar.
Departamento de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Avda. Dr. Fedriani s/n, 41008 Seville, Spain. irenegm@supercable.es
Irene
I
García-Morales
Alberto
A
Herrera-Saval
Francisco
F
Camacho
D000368:Aged; D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / Q000097:blood; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017511:Pyoderma Gangrenosum / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000601:surgery*
D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic