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Pyoderma Gangrenosum Associated with Hidradenitis Suppurativa: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Pioderma gangrenoso asociado a hidrosadenitis supurativa: aportación de un caso y revisión de la literatura
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, A. Esteve-Martínez, V. Zaragoza-Ninet, J.L. Sánchez-Carazo, V. Alegre-de-Miquel
Servicio de Dermatología, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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Pyoderma gangrenosum is an inflammatory disease that has been found to be associated with many systemic illnesses. The case presented here is of a man with a 20-year history of hidradenitis suppurativa who developed pyoderma gangrenosum. The pyoderma lesions appeared as a single outbreak which resolved totally after immunosuppressive treatment. This association has been reported only rarely in the literature. Furthermore, in the cases reported, no relationship was apparent between the activity of both diseases. In all cases the clinical course appeared independent, with no apparent overlap in inflammatory activity or response to the drugs administered.

Keywords:
Pyoderma gangrenosum
Hidradenitis suppurativa
Ciclosporin
Systemic diseases
Resumen

El pioderma gangrenoso es una patología inflamatoria que se ha visto asociada a multitud de enfermedades sistémicas. Presentamos el caso clínico de un varón con lesiones de pioderma gangrenoso que aparecieron en el contexto de una hidrosadenitis supurativa de más de 20 años de evolución. La clínica de pioderma se desarrolló en un solo brote y se resolvió totalmente tras tratamiento inmunosupresor. En la literatura pocas veces ha sido descrita esta asociación. Además, en los casos publicados no se ha podido establecer una relación entre la actividad de ambas enfermedades, observándose que evolucionan de manera independiente, sin tener actividad inflamatoria paralela ni respuesta común a los fármacos administrados.

Palabras clave:
Pioderma gangrenoso
Hidrosadenitis supurativa
Enfermedades sistémicas
Ciclosporina
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