People who have an inflammatory bowel disease like ulcerative colitis often have problems caused by inflammation in other parts of their bodies. One of these is a skin condition called pyoderma ...

Leg ulcers form when skin on your leg breaks open. These breaks or sores let air and bacteria travel into your skin’s tissue. For most people, leg ulcers will heal on their own and won’t need medical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There are few medications dermatologists can prescribe for pyoderma gangrenosum, a complex wound disease.

Pyoderma gangrenosum was first described as an extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) by Brunsting and colleagues in 1930. 1 They described painful enlarging necrotic ulcers ...

A 2-point improvement in pain based on a numeric rating scale may indicate that patients are responding to treatment for pyoderma gangrenosum. To help determine whether a patient with pyoderma ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 74-year-old woman who is in good health. I was diagnosed with pyoderma gangrenosum on my left leg and I was in a lot of pain. Can you tell me the cause of this rare disease?