| A case report of pyoderma gangrenosum in bartholin abscess: A rare misdiagnosis | |
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| Narayan SR1, Avishek DO2, Sujata S3, Monalisa P4, Kumar TT5 | |
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Assistant Professor,1 Senior resident,2 Associate Professor,3 Post Graduate4,5 |
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| 1-5Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, SCB Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha, India | |
| ABSTRACT | |
| Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare ulcerative cutaneous condition due to dysregulation of immune system with a female predominance. A 20yr old unmarried female presented with chief complaint of fever and a painful perineal swelling with foul smelling discharge from it and was initially diagnosed as a Bartholin abscess for which drainage with marsupialisation done. But in a time of 3days it turned into a necrotizing ulcer and was re-diagnosed with help of dermatologists as pyoderma gangrenosum which responded well to steroids by rapid healing. | |
| KEY WORDS | |
| Bartholin abscess, cutaneous ulcer, pyoderma gangrenosum. | |
