Childhood-onset Takayasu arteritis presenting as pyoderma gangrenosum-like vasculitic ulceration: Three case reports and a literature review

Chunping Shen; Shunying Zhao; Bei Wang; Yuelin Shen; Yuanyuan Xiao; Zigang Xu

doi:10.1111/ajd.13802

Childhood-onset Takayasu arteritis presenting as pyoderma gangrenosum-like vasculitic ulceration: Three case reports and a literature review

Australas J Dermatol. 2022 May;63(2):244-247. doi: 10.1111/ajd.13802. Epub 2022 Feb 7.

Authors

Chunping Shen¹, Shunying Zhao², Bei Wang³, Yuelin Shen², Yuanyuan Xiao¹, Zigang Xu¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.
² Department No. 2 of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.
³ Department of Radiology, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.

PMID: 35132609
DOI: 10.1111/ajd.13802

Abstract

We report a small case series of childhood-onset Takayasu arteritis (c-TA) presenting as pyoderma gangrenosum (PG)-like vasculitic ulceration. The cutaneous vasculitic ulcers in systemic vasculitis are rare and severe, sometimes leading to delayed diagnosis and treatment. We summarised the clinical features and highlighted the warning signs of c-TA associated with PG-like vasculitic ulceration.

Keywords: c-TA; clinical features; cutaneous vasculitis; histopathologic; prognoses.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Pyoderma Gangrenosum* / diagnosis
Pyoderma Gangrenosum* / drug therapy
Pyoderma Gangrenosum* / etiology
Skin
Takayasu Arteritis* / complications
Takayasu Arteritis* / diagnosis
Takayasu Arteritis* / drug therapy
Ulcer