scholarly journals Pyoderma Gangrenosum in the Urologist Clinic

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dina J. Ludwig ◽  
Hossain Roshani ◽  
Martijn G. Steffens ◽  
Frederik C. Moll ◽  
Robertus G. Teepe

Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare non-infectious skin disorder. It is often associated with systemic diseases, like the inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatological disease and (hematological) malignancy. The diagnosis is affirmed through a process of elimination and is principally based on clinical presentation and course. We present a 59-year-old male with T-cell large granular lymphocyte leukemia and pyoderma gangrenosum of penis and scrotum. Finally the patient was successfully treated with systemic prednisolone.

2012 ◽  
Vol 87 (4) ◽  
pp. 637-639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Andrade ◽  
Maria Manuel Brites ◽  
Américo Figueiredo

We present a female patient observed with painful violaceous plaques with central bullae and pustules on the lower limbs, rapidly transformed into ulcers, associated with bloody diarrhea, recurrent oral erosions and hyperthermia in the previous 3 months. Cutaneous biopsy was consistent with pyoderma gangrenosum, and intestinal diagnostic procedures revealed a non-classifiable inflammatory bowel disease with high x-ANCA titers. Soon after admission the patient was submitted to total proctocolectomy following colonic perforation. Complete ulcer healing occurred three months after surgery, without recurrence. Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare dermatosis frequently associated with inflammatory bowel disease. This case is particularly interesting for the synchronic clinical presentation of cutaneous and intestinal diseases, but also for the prompt regression of the former after total proctocolectomy.


2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A523-A523
Author(s):  
A BURICH ◽  
R HERSHBERG ◽  
K WAGGIE ◽  
W ZENG ◽  
J VINEY ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 162-163
Author(s):  
M Mikail ◽  
A Wilson

Abstract Background The utility of therapeutic drug monitoring for guiding the dosing of tumor necrosis factor-α antagonists (TNFAs) in luminal inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is well-established and well-accepted. TNFAs, specifically infliximab and adalimumab, have become integral to the management of the rare, neutrophilic dermatosis, pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) in IBD. Little is known regarding the target serum TNFA concentrations to guide dosing to achieve resolution of PG in IBD. Aims To describe the serum TNFA concentrations (infliximab or adalimumab) associated with the resolution of PG lesions in patients with IBD. Methods Patients with IBD and associated PG treated with one of infliximab or adalimumab (collectively known as TNFAs) seen at two academic hospitals affiliated with Western University were identified. Serum TNFA concentrations were assessed at the time of PG treatment. Results Nine patients were identified. All patients had IBD-associated PG. Seven patients were treated with infliximab and 2 patients were treated with adalimumab. All patients received standard dosing. Eight patients had complete resolution of their PG, while one had near complete resolution at the time of last follow-up. A median serum infliximab concentration of 3.00 (IQR, 3.52) µg/ml at week 14 and a median serum adalimumab concentration of 2.02 (IQR, 0.98) µg/ml at week 12 were seen at the time of PG treatment. Conclusions Herein, we report low serum TNFA concentrations despite PG healing in a cohort of IBD patients. This is lower than what is in patients for successful TNFA treatment in luminal and fistulising IBD. Funding Agencies NoneNone.


2020 ◽  
Vol 158 (6) ◽  
pp. S-732-S-733
Author(s):  
Camilla A. Martins ◽  
Ana Elisa R. Caon ◽  
Marilia G. Cruz ◽  
Luísa L. Barros ◽  
Alexandre Carlos ◽  
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1999 ◽  
Vol 190 (5) ◽  
pp. 607-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideki Iijima ◽  
Ichiro Takahashi ◽  
Daisuke Kishi ◽  
Jin-Kyung Kim ◽  
Sunao Kawano ◽  
...  

T cell receptor α chain–deficient (TCR-α−/−) mice are known to spontaneously develop inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The colitis that develops in these mice is associated with increased numbers of T helper cell (Th)2-type CD4+TCR-ββ (CD4+ββ) T cells producing predominantly interleukin (IL)-4. To investigate the role of these Th2-type CD4+ββ T cells, we treated TCR-α−/− mice with anti–IL-4 monoclonal antibody (mAb). Approximately 60% of TCR-α−/− mice, including those treated with mock Ab and those left untreated, spontaneously developed IBD. However, anti–IL-4 mAb–treated mice exhibited no clinical or histological signs of IBD, and their levels of mucosal and systemic Ab responses were lower than those of mock Ab–treated mice. Although TCR-α−/− mice treated with either specific or mock Ab developed CD4+ββ T cells, only those treated with anti–IL-4 mAb showed a decrease in Th2-type cytokine production at the level of mRNA and protein and an increase in interferon γ–specific expression. These findings suggest that IL-4–producing Th2-type CD4+ββ T cells play a major immunopathological role in the induction of IBD in TCR-α−/− mice, a role that anti–IL-4 mAb inhibits by causing Th2-type CD4+ββ T cells to shift to the Th1 type.


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