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[Recurring pyoderma gangrenosum in pregnancy].
Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie 2010 March
BACKGROUND: We report the case of a 25-year-old patient developing pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) during the third trimester of her first and second pregnancies.
CASE REPORT: A 25-year-old woman developed PG on her left calf during week 32 of her second pregnancy; previously, during week 36 of her first pregnancy, the patient had presented abdominal pain with inflammatory syndrome. She underwent caesarean delivery at week 37 of pregnancy. Surgery was complicated by aseptic abdominal and parietal abscesses as well as aseptic endometritis with neutrophil infiltrate. She underwent two further surgical interventions that were followed by skin manifestations typical of PG. The two newborns were otherwise healthy. After five years of follow-up, we found no disorders usually associated with neutrophilic dermatosis.
DISCUSSION: Pyoderma gangrenosum is extremely rare in pregnancy, with only 16 cases being reported in the international literature: nine during pregnancy and seven post-partum. The question is thus raised of a possible relationship between this neutrophilic dermatosis and pregnancy. The association could be due to the pathergy phenomenon or to the increase in G-CSF levels occurring in pregnant women.
CASE REPORT: A 25-year-old woman developed PG on her left calf during week 32 of her second pregnancy; previously, during week 36 of her first pregnancy, the patient had presented abdominal pain with inflammatory syndrome. She underwent caesarean delivery at week 37 of pregnancy. Surgery was complicated by aseptic abdominal and parietal abscesses as well as aseptic endometritis with neutrophil infiltrate. She underwent two further surgical interventions that were followed by skin manifestations typical of PG. The two newborns were otherwise healthy. After five years of follow-up, we found no disorders usually associated with neutrophilic dermatosis.
DISCUSSION: Pyoderma gangrenosum is extremely rare in pregnancy, with only 16 cases being reported in the international literature: nine during pregnancy and seven post-partum. The question is thus raised of a possible relationship between this neutrophilic dermatosis and pregnancy. The association could be due to the pathergy phenomenon or to the increase in G-CSF levels occurring in pregnant women.
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