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Important cutaneous manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease

Important cutaneous manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has many extraintestinal manifestations. Cutaneous manifestations are usually related to the activity of the bowel disease but may have an independent course. Anyone presenting with IBD should be examined for cutaneous manifestations. Pyoderma gangrenosum is a severe painful ulcerating disease that requires moist wound management and, in the absence of secondary infection, systemic corticosteroids, cyclosporine, or both. Infliximab may also be used. Erythema nodosum is a common cause of tender red nodules of the shins. Management includes leg elevation, NSAIDs, and potassium iodide. Oral manifestations of IBD include aphthous stomatitis, mucosal nodularity (cobblestoning), and pyostomatitis vegetans. Treatment should be directed both at the cutaneous lesions and at the underlying systemic condition. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Postgraduate Medical Journal Oxford University Press

Important cutaneous manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease

Postgraduate Medical Journal , Volume 81 (959): 6 – Sep 2, 2005

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Copyright
Copyright 2005 The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
ISSN
0032-5473
eISSN
1469-0756
DOI
10.1136/pgmj.2004.031633
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Abstract

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has many extraintestinal manifestations. Cutaneous manifestations are usually related to the activity of the bowel disease but may have an independent course. Anyone presenting with IBD should be examined for cutaneous manifestations. Pyoderma gangrenosum is a severe painful ulcerating disease that requires moist wound management and, in the absence of secondary infection, systemic corticosteroids, cyclosporine, or both. Infliximab may also be used. Erythema nodosum is a common cause of tender red nodules of the shins. Management includes leg elevation, NSAIDs, and potassium iodide. Oral manifestations of IBD include aphthous stomatitis, mucosal nodularity (cobblestoning), and pyostomatitis vegetans. Treatment should be directed both at the cutaneous lesions and at the underlying systemic condition.

Journal

Postgraduate Medical JournalOxford University Press

Published: Sep 2, 2005

Keywords: IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; CD, Crohn’s disese; UC, ulcerative colitis; PG, pyoderma gangrenosum; EN, erythema nodosum; inflammatory bowel disease; pyoderma gangrenosum; erythema nodosum; aphthous stomatitis

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