Abstract
Pyodermatitis-pyostomatitis vegetans (PD-PSV)), is a very rare, chronic inflammatory dermatosis. It is characterized by large exudative, verrucous plaques with well-defined and elevated borders with typical mucocutaneous involvement.
Highlights
Pyodermatitis-pyostomatitis vegetans (PD-PSV)), is a very rare, chronic inflammatory dermatosis
A 73-year-old man presented to the dermatological clinic with a 2 month history of well-defined, vegetating plaques with elevated border in axilla, groin, flexural part of limbs and trunk with associated oral and nasal mucosal lesions were characterized by vesicles and pustules on an erythematous base
Laboratory tests revealed a white blood cell count of 7.7 × 109/l neutrophils 55% with peripheral eosinophilia (10%), hemoglobin 9.9 g/dl, MCV 93.5fl and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate of mm/h, ALT 26IU/l, AST 27IU/l, total protein g/dl with Albumin 25 g/dl
Summary
Pyodermatitis-pyostomatitis vegetans (PD-PSV)), is a very rare, chronic inflammatory dermatosis It is characterized by large exudative, verrucous plaques with well-defined and elevated borders with typical mucocutaneous involvement. A 73-year-old man presented to the dermatological clinic with a 2 month history of well-defined, vegetating plaques with elevated border in axilla, groin, flexural part of limbs and trunk with associated oral and nasal mucosal lesions were characterized by vesicles and pustules on an erythematous base (figure 1, 2 &3). He had been on sulfasalazine for the last 2 years for UC. Gradually tapered and the patient was continued on sulfasalazine with a low maintenance dose of oral steroid
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