Widespread cutaneous Crohn's disease presenting in childhood.
Cutaneous lesions containing Crohn's granulomata are rare and tend to occur in submammary or abdominal wall skin folds when they are to be found (1). Crohn's disease of the skin in nonflexural locations has been reported (2,3) although not in children. We report a 5-year-old girl with extensive colonic Crohn's disease, who at presentation was noted to have a generalised erythematous papular rash which histologically showed typical noncaseating granulomata.
D002432:Cecum / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003106:Colon / Q000473:pathology; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000473:pathology; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology