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Successful tacrolimus (FK506) therapy in a child with pyoderma gangrenosum
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A 12.5 year old boy with colitis ulcerosa, in remission for a year after colectomy, presented with an ulcus on the right lower leg. Pyoderma gangrenosum as extra-intestinal manifestation of the colitis was diagnosed. Topical tacrolimus (protopic = FK506 0.1%) twice a day was started, resulting in an initial improvement of the ulcus. As the ulcus relapsed and started to …
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Competing interests: the authors have no financial binding with any pharmaceutical company
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