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PURPOSE: Parastomal pyoderma gangrenosum is uncommon and its association with inflammatory bowel disease is unclear. This is a review of five patients with parastomal pyoderma gangrenosum. METHODS: A retrospective review of five patients with ulcerative colitis (two patients) or Crohn's disease (three patients) who have been seen in one surgical unit was conducted. RESULTS: All patients were females and each presented within nine months of abdominal surgery and stoma construction. All had active proctitis (n=3) or perianal Crohn's disease (n=2). Both patients with perianal Crohn's disease had a mild clinical course with healing of parastomal pyoderma gangrenosum when treated with steroids with and without low-dose cyclosporin A. They both had curettage of the perineal wound as well. In the remaining three patients with active proctitis, the parastomal lesions failed to resolve despite high-dose systemic steroids. By contrast, the parastomal pyoderma gangrenosum healed promptly in two of these patients following proctectomy for active proctitis. CONCLUSION: The variable clinical outcome of parastomal pyoderma gangrenosum may be related to the activity of the underlying inflammatory bowel disease or possibly to low-grade perineal sepsis.
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Tjandra, J.J., Hughes, L.E. Parastomal pyoderma gangrenosum in inflammatory bowel disease. Dis Colon Rectum 37, 938–942 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02052602
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