title: Pyoderma Gangrenosum in a Patient with Hereditary Spherocytosis.
abstract: Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare, relapsing cutaneous disease with 4 distinctive clinical manifestations: ulcerative, bullous, pustular, and vegetative lesions. It mainly occurs in adults and is frequently associated with systemic diseases, most commonly inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatologic disease, or hematological dyscrasias. However, there have been no previous reports of PG in a patient with hereditary spherocytosis, a common inherited hemolytic anemia. We report here a unique case of PG in a 15-year-old boy with underlying hereditary spherocytosis.
authors.affiliation: Hanyang University Hospital, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyoung Il
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.affiliation: Hanyang University Hospital, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jun Oh
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Paek
authors.affiliation: Hanyang University Hospital, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeoung Eun
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Hanyang University Hospital, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Young Suck
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Ro
authors.affiliation: Hanyang University Hospital, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea drko0303@hanyang.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Joo Yeon
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Ko
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D017511:Pyoderma Gangrenosum / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013103:Spherocytosis, Hereditary / Q000150:complications*
keywords: hereditary spherocytosis; leg; pyoderma gangrenosum; ulcers