African Journal of Internal Medicine

ISSN 2326-7283

African Journal of Internal Medicine ISSN 2326-7283 Vol. 8 (7), pp. 001-004, July, 2020. © International Scholars Journals

Full Length Research paper

Scleroderma and pyoderma gangrenosum

Mansoor Karimifar* and Mansour Salesi

Department of Rheumatology, Alzahra Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

Accepted 17 May, 2020

Abstract

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is an ulcerative disease of the skin with unknown origin. It may be associated with an underlying systemic disease like inflammatory bowel disease, lymphoproliferative disorders, sweet's syndrome and Behcet's disease. This case depicts a rare site of pyoderma gangronosum on scrotum. A 61-year-old man with scleroderma and pyoderma gangronosum on scrotum from two years ago. He had Skin thickening and hardening, hypertension, Raynaud's phenomenon, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary fibrosis and multiple scrotal skin lesions.

Key words: Systemic sclerosis, pyoderma gangronosum.