Abstract
One of the common lesions in Crohn's colitis is erythema nodosum, a septal panniculitis that may appear before diagnosis or in conjunction with flare up. We report a case of Crohn's colitis where the presenting sign was neutrophilic lobular panniculitis with few granulomas. The possibility that this case represents a forme fruste of metastatic Crohn's is suggested. As skin biopsies are not usually performed by gastroenterologists in erythema nodosum-like skin lesions in Crohn's patients it may well be that the incidence of lobular panniculitis is higher than reported in the literature.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 405-406 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1 2000 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Crohn's disease
- Pannicultis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Dermatology
- Infectious Diseases