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Pyoderma gangrenosum associated with systemic lupus erythematosus: Response to pulse steroid therapy

1991; Elsevier BV; Volume: 24; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0190-9622(91)70122-i

1097-6787

Gabriela Marques Pinto, M. Anjos Cabeças, Manuel Vaz Riscado, Hélder Gonçalves,

Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases

Pyoderma gangrenosum in a 35-year-old woman with long-standing systemic lupus erythematosus was treated with pulse steroid therapy. Significant improvement in the ulceration and control of the lupus erythematosus occurred. The unusual association of these disorders is reviewed, and the efficacy of pulse therapy in the treatment of refractory cases of pyoderma gangrenosum is discussed.