SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF PYODERMA-GANGRENO SUM BY TOPICAL APPLICATION OF CYCLOSPORINE-A

Authors
THEISSEN U LUGER TA SCHWARZ T
Citation
U. Theissen et al., SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF PYODERMA-GANGRENO SUM BY TOPICAL APPLICATION OF CYCLOSPORINE-A, Hautarzt, 47(2), 1996, pp. 132-135
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Hautarzt → ACNP
ISSN journal
00178470
Volume
47
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
132 - 135
Database
ISI
SICI code
0017-8470(1996)47:2<132:STOPSB>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Therapy of pyoderma gangrenosum can be complicated by side effects of the various systemic therapies, including corticosteroids, azathioprin and cyclosporin A. In this paper we report on a 49-year-old patient p resenting with recalcitrant pyoderma gangrenosum who was treated succe ssfully by topical application of cyclosporin A. Cyclosporin A serum l evels were always in the subtherapeutic range, and no side effects wer e observed.