title: Successful treatment of metastatic Crohn's disease with cyclosporine.
abstract: Metastatic Crohn's disease refers to cutaneous granulomatous lesions that are noncontiguous to the gastrointestinal tract. The treatment of cutaneous Crohn's disease is challenging. A patient with metastatic Crohn's disease whose lesions cleared after a 3-month course of cyclosporine is reported.
authors: Division of Dermatology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. dafniscarranza@yahoo.com
authors: Dafnis C
authors: DC
authors: Carranza
authors: Lorraine
authors: L
authors: Young
mesh_terms: D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D016572:Cyclosporine