Two cases of pyodermatitis‐pyostomatitis vegetans

ABSTRACT Pyodermatitis‐pyostomatitis vegetans (PPV) is a rare chronic pustular and vegetating mucocutaneous dermatosis. The oral lesions present as multiple, friable and yellowish pustules, which form “snail tracts” and rupture easily. The cutaneous lesions begin as crusted erythematous papulopustul...

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Published inJournal of dermatology Vol. 36; no. 5; pp. 293 - 297
Main Authors KO, Hyun‐Chang, JUNG, Do‐Sang, JWA, Seung‐Wook, CHO, Hyun‐Ho, KIM, Byung‐Soo, KWON, Kyung‐Sool, KIM, Moon‐Bum
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.05.2009
Subjects
Female
Humans
inflammatory bowel disease
Male
Middle Aged
Pyoderma - complications
Pyoderma - pathology
pyodermatitis‐pyostomatitis vegetans
recurrent courses
Stomatitis - complications
Stomatitis - pathology
Young Adult
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Summary:ABSTRACT Pyodermatitis‐pyostomatitis vegetans (PPV) is a rare chronic pustular and vegetating mucocutaneous dermatosis. The oral lesions present as multiple, friable and yellowish pustules, which form “snail tracts” and rupture easily. The cutaneous lesions begin as crusted erythematous papulopustules that coalesce to form large vegetating plaques, usually in the axillae, genital area and scalp. Cutaneous lesions usually develop at the same time as the oral lesions or thereafter. PPV is usually considered as a specific marker for inflammatory bowel disease since the concurrence of PPV and inflammatory bowel disease has been reported in approximately 70% of cases. We report two patients who showed typical clinical and histopathological features of PPV, but were not accompanied by inflammatory bowel disease.
Bibliography:All authors have contributed significantly to this manuscript and are in agreement with its contents.
This article has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere except as a brief abstract in the proceedings of a symposium of the Korean Dermatological Association.
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ISSN:0385-2407
1346-8138
DOI:10.1111/j.1346-8138.2009.00641.x