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.