How to manage pyoderma gangrenosum

doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7560.0-c

BMJ 2006;333 (22 July), doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7560.0-c

How to manage pyoderma gangrenosum

Pyoderma gangrenosum presents in a variety of guises and iseasy to misdiagnose, say Brooklyn and colleagues on page 181.Their article on the rare but serious ulcerating skin disease,which can present to a variety of health professionals, reviewsits various forms of presentation and its differential diagnoses.The authors discuss who is at risk of pyoderma gangrenosum,and explore therapeutic options such as corticosteroids, ciclosporin,and anti-tumour necrosis factor ${alpha}$ agents.