Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis with Pyoderma Gangrenosum
Pyoderma gangrenosum is an unusual necrotizing noninfective and ulcerative skin disease whose cause is unknown. Ophthalmic involvement in pyoderma gangrenosum is an unusual event. Only a few cases have been reported, from which we can highlight scleral, corneal, and orbital cases. Peripheral ulcerat...
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| author | Adrián Imbernón-Moya Elena Vargas-Laguna Antonio Aguilar Miguel Ángel Gallego Claudia Vergara María Fernanda Nistal |
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| description | Pyoderma gangrenosum is an unusual necrotizing noninfective and ulcerative skin disease whose cause is unknown. Ophthalmic involvement in pyoderma gangrenosum is an unusual event. Only a few cases have been reported, from which we can highlight scleral, corneal, and orbital cases. Peripheral ulcerative keratitis is a process which destroys the peripheral cornea. Its cause is still unknown although it is often associated with autoimmune conditions. Pyoderma gangrenosum should be included in the differential diagnosis of peripheral ulcerative keratitis. Early recognition of these manifestations can vary the prognosis by applying the appropriate treatment. We introduce a 70-year-old woman who suffered pyoderma gangrenosum associated with peripheral ulcerative keratitis in her left eye. The patient’s skin lesions and peripheral keratitis responded successfully to systemic steroids and cyclosporine A. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-edb396abcab84e66a51df598083c9fb02025-02-03T01:12:30ZengWileyCase Reports in Dermatological Medicine2090-64632090-64712015-01-01201510.1155/2015/949840949840Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis with Pyoderma GangrenosumAdrián Imbernón-Moya0Elena Vargas-Laguna1Antonio Aguilar2Miguel Ángel Gallego3Claudia Vergara4María Fernanda Nistal5Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Avenida de Orellana, Leganés, 28911 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Avenida de Orellana, Leganés, 28911 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Avenida de Orellana, Leganés, 28911 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Avenida de Orellana, Leganés, 28911 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Avenida de Orellana, Leganés, 28911 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Avenida de Orellana, Leganés, 28911 Madrid, SpainPyoderma gangrenosum is an unusual necrotizing noninfective and ulcerative skin disease whose cause is unknown. Ophthalmic involvement in pyoderma gangrenosum is an unusual event. Only a few cases have been reported, from which we can highlight scleral, corneal, and orbital cases. Peripheral ulcerative keratitis is a process which destroys the peripheral cornea. Its cause is still unknown although it is often associated with autoimmune conditions. Pyoderma gangrenosum should be included in the differential diagnosis of peripheral ulcerative keratitis. Early recognition of these manifestations can vary the prognosis by applying the appropriate treatment. We introduce a 70-year-old woman who suffered pyoderma gangrenosum associated with peripheral ulcerative keratitis in her left eye. The patient’s skin lesions and peripheral keratitis responded successfully to systemic steroids and cyclosporine A.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/949840 |
| spellingShingle | Adrián Imbernón-Moya Elena Vargas-Laguna Antonio Aguilar Miguel Ángel Gallego Claudia Vergara María Fernanda Nistal Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis with Pyoderma Gangrenosum Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine |
| title | Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis with Pyoderma Gangrenosum |
| title_full | Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis with Pyoderma Gangrenosum |
| title_fullStr | Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis with Pyoderma Gangrenosum |
| title_full_unstemmed | Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis with Pyoderma Gangrenosum |
| title_short | Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis with Pyoderma Gangrenosum |
| title_sort | peripheral ulcerative keratitis with pyoderma gangrenosum |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/949840 |
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