PYODERMA-GANGRENOSUM AS A COMPLICATION OF CORONARY-ARTERY BYPASS-GRAFTING

A 60-year-old male patient developed progressive wound ulcerations, si mulating wound sepsis after coronary bypass operation. The condition d id not respond to intensive antibiotic therapy, Based on clinical sign s and biopsy, the diagnosis of pyoderma gangrenosum was made and succe ssfully treated with cyclosporin A. Pyoderma gangrenosum, although ext remely rare, must be considered as a possible diagnosis in wound compl ications unresponsive to traditional therapy.