Pyoderma gangrenosum in a patient with essential thrombocythemia.

BACKGROUND

Pyoderma gangrenosum is an uncommon ulcerative condition associated with inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, and hematologic disease. We report a patient with essential thrombocythemia and pyoderma gangrenosum.

OBJECTIVE

This article is a review of the associations between pyoderma gangrenosum and other diseases.

RESULTS

There have been two previous reports of patients with pyoderma gangrenosum and essential thrombocythemia.

CONCLUSION

There may be a possible association between pyoderma gangrenosum and essential thrombocythemia. The diagnosis of pyoderma gangrenosum should be considered in patients with essential thrombocythemia and cutaneous ulcers.