Orofacial granulomatosis in a patient with Crohn's disease.
Orofacial granulomatosis encompasses the previously recognized clinical entities Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome and cheilitis granulomatosa. We report the case of a 39-year-old patient with cheilitis granulomatosa, intestinal Crohn's disease, and optic neuropathy. Cheilitis granulomatosa and optic neuropathy represent 2 rare manifestations of orofacial granulomatosis in Crohn's disease.
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. vandescheur@hotmail.com
M R
MR
van de Scheur
R I F
RI
van der Waal
H J
HJ
Völker-Dieben
E C
EC
Klinkenberg-Knol
T M
TM
Starink
I
I
van der Waal
D000328:Adult; D002613:Cheilitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D005145:Face; D006099:Granuloma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male