Facial Pyoderma Gangrenosum in Senescence

Abstract

Clinically, pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is characterized by a rapidly progressive, painful cutaneous ulcer with an irregular, violaceous and undermined border. PG occurs most frequently on the lower extremities and the trunk of middle-aged individuals. The face is only very rarely affected. We present an 89- and a 90-year-old patient, who developed a facial ulcer consistent with PG.

Keywords

• Pyoderma gangrenosum
• Senescence
• Face
• Ulcer