Idiopathic genital pyoderma gangrenosum successfully treated with infliximab biosimilar
Keywords:
Pyoderma gangrenosum, Neutrophilic dermatoses, Infliximab biosimilarAbstract
Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is an atypical, chronic, sterile pustular rapidly progressing ulcerating condition categorized as neutrophilic dermatosis, whose etiology remains a mystery. Other ulcerating wounds can also imitate PG, and cause a difficulty in diagnosing the condition and starting appropriate management. In our case, we had a 22-years old female with genital PG. PG has no specific clinical, histologic or lab findings, therefore diagnosis is based on exclusion of all other diagnostic possibilities, especially infectious causes. The clinical history, examination findings and histopathology confirmed it as genital pyoderma gangrenosum. Treatment with subcutaneous infliximab biosimilar led to complete healing. Key Words: Pyoderma gangrenosum, neutrophilic dermatosisReferences
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