Related Experiment Videos
Pyoderma gangrenosum of the cervix
1Centre for Metabolic Bone Disease, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, United Kingdom. p.albertazzi@medschool.hull.ac.uk
Obstetrics and Gynecology
|November 30, 2000
Background:
Ulcerated cervical lesions are common findings in gynecology, but pyoderma gangrenosum presenting solely as a cervical ulcer is unusual.
Case:
A 33-year-old nulligravida presented with postcoital bleeding and an extensive ulcerated lesion of the cervix that showed nonspecific inflammation on biopsy. After 6 months of topical steroid treatment, the lesion resolved completely.
Conclusion:
Pyoderma gangrenosum should be suspected in nonspecific cervical ulcers, especially those that worsen after surgical resection or ablation and then respond to steroid treatment.