A case report of pyoderma gangrenosum in bartholin abscess: A rare misdiagnosis

Authors

  • Satpathy Rabi Narayan Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Shrirama Chandra Bhanj Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha, India
  • Das Om Avishek Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Shrirama Chandra Bhanj Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha, India
  • Swain Sujata Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Shrirama Chandra Bhanj Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha, India
  • Peter Monalisa Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Shrirama Chandra Bhanj Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha, India
  • Tapan Kumar Tripathy Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Shrirama Chandra Bhanj Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha, India

Keywords:

Bartholin abscess, cutaneous ulcer, pyoderma gangrenosum

Abstract

Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare ulcerative cutaneous condition due to dysregulation of immune system with a female predominance. A 20 yr 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 3 days it turned into a necrotizing ulcer and was rediagnosed with help of dermatologists as pyoderma gangrenosum which responded well to steroids by rapid healing.

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2015-06-30

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Narayan, S. R., Avishek, D. O., Sujata, S., Monalisa, P., & Tripathy , T. K. (2015). A case report of pyoderma gangrenosum in bartholin abscess: A rare misdiagnosis. International Journal of Medical Science Research and Practice, 2(2), 110–111. Retrieved from https://ijmsrp.isroset.org/index.php/j/article/view/51

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2015): Volume-2, Issue-2 June 2015

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Case Report

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