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Premenstrual flares of pyoderma gangrenosum controlled with use of a combined oral contraceptive and antiandrogen (ethinyl estradiol/drospirenone)
Author(s) -
Jourabchi N.,
Rhee S.M.,
Lazarus G.S.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/bjd.14332
Subject(s) - drospirenone , pyoderma gangrenosum , antiandrogen , medicine , ethinylestradiol , endocrinology , hormone , dermatology , gynecology , population , androgen , research methodology , disease , environmental health
Summary The effect of sex hormones on pyoderma gangrenosum ( PG ) has not been reported. We report the case of a 34‐year‐old woman with chronic PG leg ulcers who was found to have recurring, premenstrual flares of PG . Her PG flares were controlled with the use of ethinyl estradiol/drospirenone.