Pyoderma Gangrenosum: A Review of Clinical Features and Outcomes of 23 Cases Requiring Inpatient Management

Table 3

Characteristics of patients who survived initial admission.

Age/sex	Site	Type	Associated disease	Other comorbidities	Treatment	Recurrence
67 M	Lower limb	Ulcerative	Ulcerative colitis	Stroke, hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and smoker	Prednisolone	Yes
45 M	Upper limb	Ulcerative	—	Hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, depression, and obstructive sleep apnoea	Prednisolone, doxycycline	Yes
66 M	Peristomal	Vegetative	Crohn’s disease	Ischaemic heart disease, hypertension, and peptic ulcer	Mometasone furoate ointment	Yes
30 M	Multiple	Bullous	Ankylosing spondylitis	—	Prednisolone, dapsone	Yes
70 F	Lower limb	Ulcerative	—	Diabetes type 2, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, ischaemic heart disease, congestive cardiac failure, and atrial fibrillation	Prednisolone, minocycline	Yes
33 F	Lower limb	Pustular	—	Obesity	Prednisolone, azathioprine, adalimumab, and MMF	Yes
53 F	Lower limb	Ulcerative	—	Obesity, osteoarthritis	Prednisolone, azathioprine	Yes
71 F	Lower limb	Ulcerative	—	Diabetes type 2, hypothyroidism, and peripheral vascular disease	Prednisolone	No
72 F	Lower limb	Ulcerative	—	Diabetes type 2, hypertension, and hypercholesterolaemia	Betamethasone dipropionate ointment	No
51 F	Multiple	Ulcerative	—	Diabetes type 2, chronic obstructive airways disease, hypercholesterolaemia, hypertension, and peripheral vascular disease	Prednisolone, MMF, and skin grafts	No
80 F	Peristomal	Ulcerative	Colon cancer	Hypertension, Guillain-Barre syndrome, diabetes type 2, and osteoarthritis	Prednisolone, minocycline	No
73 F	Peristomal	Ulcerative	Lung cancer	Hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, and osteoarthritis	Prednisolone, doxycycline	No
41 F	Breast	Ulcerative	—	—	Prednisolone	No
60 F	Peristomal	Ulcerative	Colon cancer	Hypertension, ischaemic heart disease, and asthma	Prednisolone	No
51 M	Lower limb	Ulcerative	—	Diabetes type 2, ischaemic heart disease	Prednisolone	No
37 F	Breast	Ulcerative	—	—	Prednisolone	No
62 F	Breast	Ulcerative	—	Rheumatic heart disease, congestive cardiac failure, and atrial fibrillation	Prednisolone, doxycycline	No
89 F	Lower limb	Bullous	Essential thrombocytopenia	Diabetes type 2, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, osteoporosis, and peripheral vascular disease	Prednisolone, skin graft	No