Bilateral peripheral ulcerative keratitis associated with pyoderma gangrenosum.
Cornea
; 16(4): 480-2, 1997 Jul.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9220248
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
A 37-year-old Hispanic man with a history of chronic myelogenous leukemia was first seen with fever and preseptal cellulitis of this right orbit after a tooth extraction.METHODS:
The patient subsequently developed bilateral, severe peripheral ulcerative keratitis. He was treated with systemic antibiotics for a presumed underlying infectious cause. Several painful, necrotizing skin lesions developed over his face, trunk, and extremities.RESULTS:
Repeated skin biopsies of the necrotizing lesions were consistent with pyoderma gangrenosum. Both the skin lesions and peripheral ulcerative keratitis responded dramatically to systemic prednisone.CONCLUSIONS:
Pyoderma gangrenosum should be included in the differential diagnosis of peripheral ulcerative keratitis.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Corneal Ulcer
/
Pyoderma Gangrenosum
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
/
Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
/
Humans
/
Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Cornea
Year:
1997
Document type:
Article
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