Pyoderma Gangrenosum in a Patient with Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome – a Case Report

Abstract

We will present the case study of a 61 years old Caucasian female patient who required a dermatological consult for two well-defined painful ulcerations on her right leg, with overhanging borders, a geographical erythematous-purplish outline, and a surface covered with adherent necrotic deposits. Ten years prior she was diagnosed with Sjögren’s syndrome. After a skin biopsy, pyoderma gangrenosum diagnostic was established, a rare finding in a Sjögren’s syndrome patient. Systemic cortico-therapy and chemical debridement of the lesions proved a successful treatment method.