CUTANEOUS METASTATIC CROHNS-DISEASE

Authors
GISSEROT O CARSUZAA F TERRIER JP LOMBARD M MARROT F
Citation
O. Gisserot et al., CUTANEOUS METASTATIC CROHNS-DISEASE, La Revue de medecine interne, 18(6), 1997, pp. 477-480
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
La Revue de medecine interne → ACNP
ISSN journal
02488663
Volume
18
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
477 - 480
Database
ISI
SICI code
0248-8663(1997)18:6<477:CMC>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The authors report the case of a 54-year old man suffering from facial papulonodular eruption. He has Crohn's disease which was diagnosed 36 years ago. There were no clinical symptoms of the disease when the cu taneous manifestations occured. The biopsy of a cutaneous lesion showe d cutaneous granuloma at skin's level. Having no other etiology, we sh all diagnose it as a cutaneous metastatic Crohn's disease. Derived sul fasalazine (Pentasa(R)) healed all lesions in 1 month. This observatio n reminded us to that it is essential to biopsy all atypical cutaneous lesions occuring in a Crohn's disease case.