Disfiguring facial pyoderma vegetans with an excellent outcome

Pyoderma vegetans and ulcerative colitis.

Departments of 35-year-old man presented with erythematous and crusted lesions over the face, forehead Gastroenterology and A and chest of two weeks duration. It initially began as small pustular lesions over the face, Dermatology, Calicut which gradually evolved to form large erythematous, edematous, painful and crusted lesions. He Medical College, also developed similar lesions over the foreh...

Pyoderma vegetans developed on chronic leg ulcer.

Pyoderma vegetans is a rare disorder that more commonly affects middle-aged persons, with a male predilection. It is characterized by vegetating lesions that coalescence into a plaque with eroded surface, covered by purulent discharge and crusts. The etiology of this disease is not known with certainty, but it is often associated with bacterial infections in immunocompromised patients. We repor...

Pyoderma vegetans: a case for discussion.

Pyoderma chronica vegetans treated with mesh skin grafting.

Pyoderma chronica vegetans is a rare condition clinically characterized by large verrucous plaques with elevated borders and multiple pustules. Although the etiology is unknown, it is generally believed that vegetating reaction is due to an immune system dysfunction or immunosuppressive state. We report on a 72-year-old man with pyoderma chronica of the buttocks. The lesion on the left buttock ...

Disfiguring facial hemangioma compromising labial functionality

Published online (EP) 9 April 2013 Ann. Ital. Chir 1 Pervenuto in Redazione Ottobre 2012. Accettato per la pubblicazione Gennaio 2013 Correspondence to: Pasquale Fino M.D., Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University of Rome “ La Sapienza”, Policlinico Umberto I, Viale Pantelleria, 35, Scala B, Interno 1/A, 00141, Rome, Italy. (e-mail: [email protected], pasqua...