title: Disease outcome for children who present with oral manifestations of Crohn's disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the outcome for children with oral Crohn's disease (OCD) at diagnosis, and to determine if there was a difference in the Paediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index (PCDAI) scores between those with and those without oral lesions at follow-up.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-one patients with OCD who had enrolled in two previous studies were invited to participate. Clinical and laboratory data were collected to calculate the PCDAI. Details of the management of Crohn's disease were also recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-four of 31 patients participated (77%), of whom 17 were boys (M:F = 2.4:1). Mean age at follow-up was 15.7 years (SD 1.98, range 11.9-19.7 years). Mean duration of follow-up was 55 months (SD 22, range 20-97 months). Oral manifestations were present at follow-up in 7 (29%) of 24 patients. There were no differences between patients with and without OCD at follow-up with regard to medical treatments received or intestinal disease location. There was no difference in median PCDAI scores between those who had and those who had not oral lesions at follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  OCD resolved in the majority of children treated for intestinal Crohn's disease. The occurrence of mouth lesions during follow-up of children who had oral manifestations at initial diagnosis was not a marker for Crohn's disease activity elsewhere in the intestinal tract.
authors.affiliation: Dublin Dental University Hospital, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hussey
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fleming
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rowland
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harty
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Broderick
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Drumm
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bourke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult