title: The skin: a mirror to the gut.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This review discusses the diseases with involvement of both skin and gut. GI manifestations of vesicobullous disorders and systemic diseases and syndromes involving skin and gut, dermatologic manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), polyposis syndromes, and GI malignancies have been discussed. Diagnostic and treatment approaches towards these disorders are summarized.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interaction of the skin and gut has always been an area of inquisitiveness. Gastrointestinal (GI) tract can be involved in dermatological disorders or GI diseases can have a dermatological manifestation.
authors: Division of Gastroenterology, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 79-01 Broadway, Elmhurst, NY 11373, USA. vishal.ghevariya@mountsinai.org
authors: Vishal
authors: V
authors: Ghevariya
authors: Shashideep
authors: S
authors: Singhal
authors: Sury
authors: S
authors: Anand
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy