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- Title
Important cutaneous manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease.
- Authors
Trost, L B; McDonnell, J K
- Abstract
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has many extraintestinal manifestations. Cutaneous manifestations are usually related to the activity of the bowel disease but may have an independent course. Anyone presenting with IBD should be examined for cutaneous manifestations. Pyoderma gangrenosum is a severe painful ulcerating disease that requires moist wound management and, in the absence of secondary infection, systemic corticosteroids, cyclosporine, or both. Infliximab may also be used. Erythema nodosum is a common cause of tender red nodules of the shins. Management includes leg elevation, NSAIDs, and potassium iodide. Oral manifestations of IBD include aphthous stomatitis, mucosal nodularity (cobblestoning), and pyostomatitis vegetans. Treatment should be directed both at the cutaneous lesions and at the underlying systemic condition.
- Publication
Postgraduate medical journal, 2005, Vol 81, Issue 959, p580
- ISSN
1469-0756
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/pgmj.2004.031633