PYODERMA-GANGRENOSUM OF THE BREAST TREATED WITH LOW-DOSE CYCLOSPORINE-A

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a painful chronic ulcerative skin disorde r often occurring in association with systemic disease. It typically a ffects the lower limbs, but may also involve other sites, or sometimes develop after trauma or surgical procedures. We report the case of a woman with rheumatoid arthritis who developed disfiguring and severe P G of the right breast, a rare site, following biopsy for a benign brea st lesion, and who was subsequently successfully treated with low-dose cyclosporin A.