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Pediatric facial pyoderma gangrenosum preceding the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease |
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| Authors: | Hilary Haimes MD Kristen Corey MD Arash Mostaghimi MD MPA MPH Birgitta Schmidt MD Stephen E. Gellis MD Marilyn G. Liang MD |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts;2. Department of Dermatology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts;3. Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts;4. Department of Pathology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Abstract: | We describe two adolescent patients with pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) involving the face. Subsequent gastrointestinal evaluation revealed microscopic bowel inflammation suggestive of inflammatory bowel disease. While PG is rarely localized to the face, this brief report reveals two cases of pediatric facial PG and suggests a correlation between facial PG and microscopic colitis. |
| Keywords: | inflammatory disorders skin signs of systemic disease |