A rare case of adult scalp pyoderma gangrenosum with cranial osteolysis

A rare case of adult scalp pyoderma gangrenosum with cranial osteolysis

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare and painful idiopathic skin condition that has one or more areas of chronic ulceration with well demarcated and undermined borders. Bone osteolysis (the pathological destruction of bone tissue) secondary to PG is a rare phenomenon with limited cases reported in ch...

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Main Authors: L. Aljohmani, K. Abdul-Jalil, C. deBlacam, G.M. Murphy, J.B. O'Sullivan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:JPRAS Open
Subjects:
Pyoderma gangrenosum
Cranial osteolysis
Adult
Treatment
Scalp
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352587817300748
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spelling doaj-0ed4255234534f3f8e49fd417bcb249c2020-11-24T23:25:27ZengElsevierJPRAS Open2352-58782018-03-0115C818510.1016/j.jpra.2017.11.006A rare case of adult scalp pyoderma gangrenosum with cranial osteolysisL. AljohmaniK. Abdul-JalilC. deBlacamG.M. MurphyJ.B. O'SullivanPyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare and painful idiopathic skin condition that has one or more areas of chronic ulceration with well demarcated and undermined borders. Bone osteolysis (the pathological destruction of bone tissue) secondary to PG is a rare phenomenon with limited cases reported in children only. This is the first case report of scalp PG with cranial osteolysis in an 80-year-old adult, with an initial presentation mimicking skin carcinoma. This case highlights the importance of a multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting discussion, diagnosis of PG by exclusion and the successful treatment of this patient's PG eroding to the bone.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352587817300748Pyoderma gangrenosumCranial osteolysisAdultTreatmentScalp
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author L. Aljohmani
K. Abdul-Jalil
C. deBlacam
G.M. Murphy
J.B. O'Sullivan
spellingShingle L. Aljohmani
K. Abdul-Jalil
C. deBlacam
G.M. Murphy
J.B. O'Sullivan
A rare case of adult scalp pyoderma gangrenosum with cranial osteolysis
JPRAS Open
Pyoderma gangrenosum
Cranial osteolysis
Adult
Treatment
Scalp
author_facet L. Aljohmani
K. Abdul-Jalil
C. deBlacam
G.M. Murphy
J.B. O'Sullivan
author_sort L. Aljohmani
title A rare case of adult scalp pyoderma gangrenosum with cranial osteolysis
title_short A rare case of adult scalp pyoderma gangrenosum with cranial osteolysis
title_full A rare case of adult scalp pyoderma gangrenosum with cranial osteolysis
title_fullStr A rare case of adult scalp pyoderma gangrenosum with cranial osteolysis
title_full_unstemmed A rare case of adult scalp pyoderma gangrenosum with cranial osteolysis
title_sort rare case of adult scalp pyoderma gangrenosum with cranial osteolysis
publisher Elsevier
series JPRAS Open
issn 2352-5878
publishDate 2018-03-01
description Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare and painful idiopathic skin condition that has one or more areas of chronic ulceration with well demarcated and undermined borders. Bone osteolysis (the pathological destruction of bone tissue) secondary to PG is a rare phenomenon with limited cases reported in children only. This is the first case report of scalp PG with cranial osteolysis in an 80-year-old adult, with an initial presentation mimicking skin carcinoma. This case highlights the importance of a multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting discussion, diagnosis of PG by exclusion and the successful treatment of this patient's PG eroding to the bone.
topic Pyoderma gangrenosum
Cranial osteolysis
Adult
Treatment
Scalp
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352587817300748
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