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Pyoderma Gangrenosum with Ulcerative Colitis Successfully Treated by the Combination of Granulocyte and Monocyte Adsorption Apheresis and Corticosteroids

Masashi Ohno 1Shigeki KoyamaMariko OharaKazumi ShimamotoYu KobayashiFumiyasu NakamuraKazuki MitsuruAkira Andoh

Intern Med.  2016;55(1):25-30. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.55.5422. Epub 2016 Jan 1.

A 36-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital due to swelling and redness of the left lateral malleolus and dorsum of the left foot with severe pain, with a flare-up of ulcerative colitis (UC). A pathologic examination by skin biopsy led to a diagnosis of pyoderma gangrenosum (PG). She was treated with the intravenous administration of prednisolone (60 mg/day), and granulocyte and monocyte adsorption apheresis (GMA) was performed twice-a-week for 5 weeks. This treatment dramatically improved both the skin and colonic mucosal lesions. These results suggest that a combination of GMA and corticosteroids might be recommendable to induce the remission of serious PG complicated with UC.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26726081/

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/internalmedicine/55/1/55_55.5422/_article

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