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.
Keiler
Susan
S
Department of Dermatology, University Hospitals Case Western, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. susan.keiler@uhhospitals.org
Tyson
Patrice
P
Tamburro
Joan
J
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