title: Crohn's disease presenting as a neutrophilic dermatosis in a 5-month-old boy.
abstract: A 5-month-old boy with a previous history of failure to thrive and poor feeding was admitted to the hospital with failure to thrive, oral ulcers, and a generalized vesiculopustular rash that demonstrated a subcorneal pustule and neutrophilic infiltrate on histology. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy biopsies demonstrated chronic active colitis with granulomas, consistent with the diagnosis of Crohn's disease. Our case represents, to our knowledge, the youngest person reported with this condition in association with Crohn's disease.
authors.affiliation: Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Kansas City, Missouri.
authors.forename: Angela M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sutton
authors.forename: Hillary S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Lawrence
authors.forename: Kristi M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Canty
mesh_terms: D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D005183:Failure to Thrive / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007960:Leukocyte Disorders / Q000151:congenital* / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*