An international team of researchers report in the journal Nature Immunology that a mutation in the gene OTULIN causes ...

An international team of researchers has identified a genetic cause for a rare inflammatory skin condition.

A systematic review of 63 cases found that pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) during pregnancy or postpartum was often misdiagnosed, delaying treatment and leading to inappropriate interventions. Researchers ...

People who have an inflammatory bowel disease like ulcerative colitis often have problems caused by inflammation in other parts of their bodies. One of these is a skin condition called pyoderma ...

Pyoderma gangrenosum is a diagnosis of exclusion, and the misdiagnosis of pyoderma gangrenosum can result in substantial complications in patients who have other causes of severe cutaneous ulceration.

Vilobelimab is a first-in-class anti-human complement factor C5a monoclonal antibody. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to vilobelimab for the treatment of ...

Leg ulcers form when skin on your leg breaks open. These breaks or sores let air and bacteria travel into your skin’s tissue. For most people, leg ulcers will heal on their own and won’t need medical ...

Pyoderma gangrenosum was first described as an extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) by Brunsting and colleagues in 1930. 1 They described painful enlarging necrotic ulcers ...

A 59-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus presented with a 1-month history of an enlarging, exquisitely painful ulcer on her left calf (Figure 1). She reported that it had occurred ...

Jena, Germany, March 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InflaRx N.V. (Nasdaq: IFRX), a biopharmaceutical company pioneering anti-inflammatory therapeutics by targeting the complement system, today announced ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with pyoderma gangrenosum are at greater risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality compared with ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 74-year-old woman who is in good health. I was diagnosed with pyoderma gangrenosum on my left leg and I was in a lot of pain. Can you tell me the cause of this rare disease?