[Peristomal pyoderma gangrenosum after colectomy for Crohn disease. Successful medical treatment]

Ann Chir. 1992;46(6):525-9.
[Article in French]

Abstract

A case of Pyoderma gangrenosum with two different abdominal sites in a female patient suffering from colonic Crohn's disease is presented. Local trauma on the midline scar of an incisional hernia and around the stoma were the possible triggering factors. Despite the major abdominal wall defect and an infected parietal collection, steroid therapy was very effective without the need for surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Colectomy
  • Colostomy / adverse effects*
  • Crohn Disease / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Pyoderma Gangrenosum / drug therapy
  • Pyoderma Gangrenosum / etiology*
  • Surgical Wound Infection / drug therapy
  • Surgical Wound Infection / etiology

Substances

  • Prednisolone