Pyoderma gangrenosum postlaparoscopy:  a rare complication.
Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare, chronic, often destructive, inflammatory skin disease in which a painful nodule or pustule breaks down to form a progressively enlarging ulcer. There are only 4 reported cases of postlaparoscopic PG and the purpose of this case report is to describe a patient found to have the disease after elective laparoscopy. Although rare, the occurrence of PG after surgery, even where incisions are small such as in laparoscopic surgery, is a diagnosis that cannot be neglected, especially due to the high morbidity, which increases if the diagnosis is not made and the patient is subjected to debridement.
Department of Dermatology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil. vscunha@yahoo.com
Vanessa Santos
VS
Cunha
Valentino
V
Magno
Luiz Roberto Rigo
LR
Wendt
Thiago Quedi
TQ
Furian
Eduardo Pandolfi
EP
Passos
D000328:Adult; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003622:Dapsone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017511:Pyoderma Gangrenosum / Q000209:etiology*
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D003622:Dapsone; D011239:Prednisolone