Successful treatment of metastatic Crohn's disease with cyclosporine.
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.
Carranza
Dafnis C
DC
Division of Dermatology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. dafniscarranza@yahoo.com
Young
Lorraine
L
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
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D016572:Cyclosporine