Orofacial lesions in Crohn's disease.
We describe a female patient with Crohn's disease who presented with longstanding gingival swelling. She went into remission after surgery, but had labial involvement while in remission. A review of the literature is presented with special reference to the clinical characteristics of orofacial Crohn's disease and Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome, which can mimic such presentation of Crohn's disease.
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Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, UCLA Medical Center, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008047:Lip Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008556:Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis