Pursuing a Ghost: Challenges in Diagnosing and Managing Pyoderma Gangrenosum

 
Duration
30 minutes (fully pre-recorded)
 
 
Description

This session will provide a practical overview of pyoderma gangrenosum (PG), including its clinical presentation, disease course, associated comorbidities, and patient burden. Participants will review diagnostic challenges, key differential diagnoses, and biopsy considerations. The session will also address wound care, management strategies based on disease severity and comorbidities, and current treatment limitations. Emerging insights into the potential role of IL-36 in PG pathophysiology will be discussed, followed by application of these concepts to a patient case."
Objectives:

  1. Describe the clinical presentation, subtypes, disease course, systemic associations, and patient burden of pyoderma gangrenosum (PG).
  2. Recognize the diagnostic challenges associated with PG, including relevant differential diagnoses, biopsy findings, pathergy, and available diagnostic frameworks such as the PARACELSUS score. 
  3. Discuss current wound care and treatment considerations for PG, including, disease severity, comorbidities, and the potential role of IL-36 in PG pathophysiology.

 

This is a non-CME event. By registering for this program, you consent to share your registration information with the program's sponsor.

  • This symposium is sponsored by LEO Pharma Inc. Medical Affairs, USA
  • The views expressed on these slides are those of the individual faculty member and do not necessarily reflect the views of LEO Pharma Inc. Medical Affairs, USA
  • This presentation is intended for healthcare professionals only 
  • The information provided here contains scientific information and is for scientific medical exchange purposes only. LEO Pharma Inc. Medical Affairs, USA, does not, under any circumstances, promote its products for off-label or unapproved uses
     
 

Sponsored by:

Leo Pharmaceutical

Speakers

Josie Jaller
Josie Jaller
Medical Doctor
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine