Premenstrual flares of pyoderma gangrenosum controlled with use of a combined oral contraceptive and antiandrogen (ethinyl estradiol/drospirenone)
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Jourabchi, N; Rhee, SM; Lazarus, GS
Published in: British Journal of Dermatology
May 1, 2016
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.
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British Journal of Dermatology
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1365-2133
ISSN
0007-0963
Publication Date
May 1, 2016
Volume
174
Issue
5
Start / End Page
1096 / 1097
Related Subject Headings
- Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 1112 Oncology and Carcinogenesis
- 1103 Clinical Sciences
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Jourabchi, N., Rhee, S. M., & Lazarus, G. S. (2016). Premenstrual flares of pyoderma gangrenosum controlled with use of a combined oral contraceptive and antiandrogen (ethinyl estradiol/drospirenone). British Journal of Dermatology, 174(5), 1096–1097. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.14332
Jourabchi, N., S. M. Rhee, and G. S. Lazarus. “Premenstrual flares of pyoderma gangrenosum controlled with use of a combined oral contraceptive and antiandrogen (ethinyl estradiol/drospirenone).” British Journal of Dermatology 174, no. 5 (May 1, 2016): 1096–97. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.14332.
Jourabchi N, Rhee SM, Lazarus GS. Premenstrual flares of pyoderma gangrenosum controlled with use of a combined oral contraceptive and antiandrogen (ethinyl estradiol/drospirenone). British Journal of Dermatology. 2016 May 1;174(5):1096–7.
Jourabchi, N., et al. “Premenstrual flares of pyoderma gangrenosum controlled with use of a combined oral contraceptive and antiandrogen (ethinyl estradiol/drospirenone).” British Journal of Dermatology, vol. 174, no. 5, May 2016, pp. 1096–97. Scopus, doi:10.1111/bjd.14332.
Jourabchi N, Rhee SM, Lazarus GS. Premenstrual flares of pyoderma gangrenosum controlled with use of a combined oral contraceptive and antiandrogen (ethinyl estradiol/drospirenone). British Journal of Dermatology. 2016 May 1;174(5):1096–1097.
Published In
British Journal of Dermatology
DOI
EISSN
1365-2133
ISSN
0007-0963
Publication Date
May 1, 2016
Volume
174
Issue
5
Start / End Page
1096 / 1097
Related Subject Headings
- Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 1112 Oncology and Carcinogenesis
- 1103 Clinical Sciences