title: Premenstrual flares of pyoderma gangrenosum controlled with use of a combined oral contraceptive and antiandrogen (ethinyl estradiol/drospirenone).
abstract: The effect of sex hormones on pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) has not been reported. We report the case of a 34-year-old woman with chronic PG leg ulcers who was found to have recurring, premenstrual flares of PG. Her PG flares were controlled with the use of ethinyl estradiol/drospirenone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21231, U.S.A.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jourabchi
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21231, U.S.A.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Rhee
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21231, U.S.A.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Lazarus