Pyodermatitis-Pyostomatitis Vegetans with Eyelid Involvement: A Rare Manifestation in a Patient with Ulcerative Colitis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Pyodermatitis-pyostomatitis vegetans (PDV-PSV) is a rare and chronic mucocutaneous inflammatory disorder strongly associated with inflammatory bowel disease, particularly ulcerative colitis (UC). It typically presents with exudative plaques that may affect the face, scalp, and intertriginous areas and also pustular lesions on the oral mucosa. Although several cases with cutaneous and mucosal involvement have been reported, eyelid involvement remains uncommon and sparsely reported in the literature.

Case presentation

We report a 28-year-old male patient recently diagnosed with UC who presented multiple asymptomatic vegetating pustular plaques in the bilateral groin area and multiple pustules on both upper and lower gingiva, lips and hard palate. In a rare manifes

SUBMITTER: Namakizadeh Esfahani N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12503632 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature