Pyoderma gangrenosum vulvae misdiagnosed as Bartholin's gland abscess: A case report

Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare inflammatory skin disease characterized by skin inflammation and painful ulcerative lesions. What's more the Letion related to vulvae was relatively rare. The patient's vulvar painful ulceration was initially misdiagnosed as a Bartholin's gland abscess in another hospital, so antibiotic therapy was prescribed. Then she was referred to our gynecology ward due to unsatisfactory outcome. Finally, the diagnosis was corrected as pyoderma gangrenosum by dermatopathological examination and the patient's lesion healed completely after one-month administration of sulfasalazine. The awareness of vulvar gangrenous pyoderma should be raised expecially when a vulva ulcerative letion presents.