Case
Reports
Pyoderma Gangrenosumina Patient With Essential Thrombocythemia
Kim W. King* and Alexander Murray†
Background: Pyoderma gangrenosum is an uncommon ulcerative condition
associated with inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, and hematologic disease.
We report a patient with essential thrombocythemia and pyoderma gangrenosum.
Objective: This article is a review of the associations between
pyoderma gangrenosum and other diseases.
Results: There have been two previous reports of patients with
pyoderma gangrenosum and essential thrombocythemia.
Conclusion: There may be a possible association between pyoderma
gangrenosum and essential thrombocythemia. The diagnosis of pyoderma gangrenosum
should be considered in patients with essential thrombocythemia and cutaneous
ulcers.
Antécédents: Le pyoderma gangrenosum est une manifestation ulcérative
rare associée aux maladies inflammatoires de líintestin, à l í a rthrite et
à des affections hématologiques. Líarticle ci-dessous présente un cas de thrombocythémie
essentielle associée au pyoderm a gangrenosum.
Objectif: étudier les associations entre le pyoderma gangrenosum
et díautres affections.
Résultats: Documentation de deux cas de pyoderma gangrenosum et
de thrombocythémie essentielle concomitantes.
Conclusion: Il pourrait y avoir un lien entre le pyoderma gangrenosum
et la thrombocythémie essentielle. Il faut donc envisager un diagnostic de pyoderma
gangrenosum chez les patients présentant une thrombocythémie essentielle et
des ulcères cutanés.
Received 6/21/99. Accepted for publication 7/7/99.
*Department of Internal Medicine, † Division of Dermatology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Reprint requests: Alexander Murray, MD, Associate Professor, Division of Dermatology, Room 4198, Dickson Building, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada B3K 6A3
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