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Cutaneous Crohn’s Disease

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Clinical:

Also named acute metastatic Crohn’s disease

Noncontiguous with the intestine. This is referred to as “metastatic” Crohn’s.

Nongenital disease presents as ulcerations, nodules, plaques, papules, pustules, and abscesses on the lower extremities/plantar surface (38 %); thorax (24 %); upper extremities/palms (15 %); face and lips (11 %); flexural areas (8 %); and as a generalized skin disease (4 %)

Genital and nongenital lesions; 67 % of pediatric and 33 % of adult cases are genital

Genital disease most often presents with erythema, edema, and ulcerations of the vulva, bilateral, or unilateral labia, clitoris, scrotum, penis, or perineum. Less common are plaques, warty papules, or a pedunculated labial mass

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  1. Yale Department of Internal Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA

    Liam Zakko

  2. Yale Primary Care Clinic, 789 Howard Avenue, New Haven, CT, 06519-1304, USA

    Liam Zakko

  3. Department of Dermatology, University of Connecticut Health Center, 21 South Road, Farmington, CT, 06030, USA

    Justin Finch, Marti J. Rothe & Jane M. Grant-Kels

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  1. Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology Division,, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Ave., Farmington, 06030, Connecticut, USA

    George Y. Wu

  2. , Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut, 56 Kingswood Road, West Hartford, 06119, Connecticut, USA

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  3. , Univ. of CT Health Ctr, Dermatol. Dept., University of Connecticut, 21 South Road, Farmington, 06032, Connecticut, USA

    Jane M. Grant-Kels

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Zakko, L., Finch, J., Rothe, M.J., Grant-Kels, J.M. (2013). Cutaneous Crohn’s Disease. In: Wu, G., Selsky, N., Grant-Kels, J. (eds) Atlas of Dermatological Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Disease. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6191-3_20

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