Metastatic cutaneous Crohn's disease in children: case report and review of the literature.
Metastatic cutaneous Crohn's disease is a rare complication of Crohn's disease, especially in the pediatric population, and can present a diagnostic dilemma. Most of the reported cases of metastatic cutaneous Crohn's disease in childhood have concurrent gastrointestinal symptoms and/or perianal disease to aid in the diagnosis. We present a case of a 13 1/2-year-old girl whose initial symptom of Crohn's disease was asymptomatic labial swelling. An overview of metastatic cutaneous Crohn's disease in childhood is also provided.
Department of Dermatology, University Hospitals Case Western, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. susan.keiler@uhhospitals.org
Susan
S
Keiler
Patrice
P
Tyson
Joan
J
Tamburro
D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014847:Vulvitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology