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Pyoderma GangrenosumOccurrence With Altered Cellular Immunity and a Circulating Serum Factor
Steven J. Greenberg, MD;
Brian V. Jegasothy, MD;
Robert B. Johnson, MD;
Gerald S. Lazarus, MD
Arch Dermatol. 1982;118(7):498-502.
Abstract
• Aberrations of cellular immune functions in pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) may lead to nonspecific activation of inflammatory cells or to an imbalance of suppression leading to autoaggression (chronic ulceration). A patient with severe unremitting PG had anergy to a battery of seven skin test antigens. Mixed lymphocyte reactions, autologous mixed lymphocyte reactions, lymphocyte proliferative responses to antigens, and the production of leukocyte inhibitory factor were substantially suppressed, while the lymphocyte responses to mitogens were unaffected. Quantitative immunoglobulin and complement levels were normal. The inhibition of cellular immune functions was mediated by a factor in the patient's serum. This factor also inhibited lymphocyte functions of normal unrelated control subjects. Preliminary studies demonstrated that the factor is nondialyzable, heat stable, and not adsorbed by Staphylococcus A protein. Pulse therapy with large doses of corticosteroids resulted in dramatic clinical improvement.
(Arch Dermatol 1982;118:498-502)
Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Microbiology and Immunology (Dr Greenberg) and Medicine (Drs Jegasothy, Johnson, and Lazarus), Division of Dermatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Dec 10, 1981.
Reprint requests to Box 3137, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710 (Dr Jegasothy).
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