Cheilitis granulomatosa and optic neuropathy as rare extraintestinal manifestations of Crohn's disease.
Crohn's disease can be accompanied by extraintestinal manifestations. The authors report on a 39-year-old patient who presented with cheilitis granulomatosa as the first manifestation of Crohn's disease. Four years later, intestinal Crohn's disease was diagnosed. One year afterward, acute loss of visual acuity from optic neuropathy developed as another rare extraintestinal manifestation of Crohn's disease.
van de Scheur
Martijn R
MR
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Vrije Universiteit/ACTA, P.O. Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands. vandescheur@hotmail.com
van der Waal
Rutger I F
RI
van Bodegraven
Ad A
AA
Völker-Dieben
Hennie J
HJ
Starink
Theo M
TM
van der Waal
Isaäc
I
D000328:Adult; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008556:Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*