Pulmonary nodules and nodular scleritis in a teenager with superficial granulomatous pyoderma gangrenosum

Pediatr Dermatol. 2018 Jan;35(1):e35-e38. doi: 10.1111/pde.13352. Epub 2017 Dec 15.

Abstract

Superficial granulomatous pyoderma gangrenosum, a rare variant of pyoderma gangrenosum, has been considered to be the most benign form of the disease. We present the case of a 15-year-old boy with pulmonary involvement and nodular scleritis associated with this unusual type of pyoderma gangrenosum and discuss its differential diagnosis.

Keywords: granulomatosis with polyangiitis; lung; pyoderma gangrenosum; scleritis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Biopsy
  • Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Lung / pathology*
  • Male
  • Pyoderma Gangrenosum / complications*
  • Pyoderma Gangrenosum / drug therapy
  • Scleritis / complications*
  • Scleritis / drug therapy
  • Skin / pathology

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Cyclophosphamide