Subcorneal Pustular Dermatosis Occuring in Association with Pyoderma Gangrenosum and Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Triple Whammy!

Ananta Khurana; Soumya Sachdeva; Purnima Paliwal; Siddharth Gogate

doi:10.4103/idoj.idoj_706_22

Subcorneal Pustular Dermatosis Occuring in Association with Pyoderma Gangrenosum and Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Triple Whammy!

Indian Dermatol Online J. 2023 Sep 11;14(6):861-863. doi: 10.4103/idoj.idoj_706_22. eCollection 2023 Nov-Dec.

Authors

Ananta Khurana¹, Soumya Sachdeva², Purnima Paliwal³, Siddharth Gogate¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Dr RML Hospital and ABVIMS, New Delhi, Delhi, India.
² Department of Dermatology, Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
³ Department of Pathology, Dr RML Hospital and ABVIMS, New Delhi, Delhi, India.

Abstract

Neutrophilic dermatoses are a wide group of disorders encompassing indolent to severely disabling conditions. A co-existence of two such conditions, pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) and subcorneal pustular dermatosis, necessitates a thorough investigation for IgA dysglobulinemia. We report a middle-aged woman who developed PG following 18 years of (undiagnosed) subcorneal pustular dermatosis, along with rheumatoid arthritis, a known association of PG.

Keywords: Neutrophilic dermatoses; pyoderma gangrenosum; subcorneal pustular dermatoses.

Publication types

Case Reports