Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis as an Onset Symptom of Crohn's Disease

We report the case of an octagenerian who presented with leukocytoclastic vasculitis as the first symptom of Crohn's disease. The patient was admitted with skin rash on the lower extremities and ankles and episodes of bloody diarrhea. Skin and colon biopsies revealed acute leukocytoclastic vasc...

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Autores principales: Tsiamoulos, Z., Karamanolis, G., Polymeros, D., Triantafyllou, K., Oikonomopoulos, T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2008
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Published: November 2008
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3166803/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21897791
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000161562
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author Tsiamoulos, Z.
Karamanolis, G.
Polymeros, D.
Triantafyllou, K.
Oikonomopoulos, T.
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Karamanolis, G.
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description We report the case of an octagenerian who presented with leukocytoclastic vasculitis as the first symptom of Crohn's disease. The patient was admitted with skin rash on the lower extremities and ankles and episodes of bloody diarrhea. Skin and colon biopsies revealed acute leukocytoclastic vasculitis and moderate Crohn's disease, respectively. The patient was treated with intravenous corticosteroids in conjunction with antibiotics and per os mesalazine. Symptoms resolved rapidly within 5 days, and the patient was still asymptomatic on follow-up 3 months later.
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spelling pubmed-31668032011-09-06 Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis as an Onset Symptom of Crohn's Disease Tsiamoulos, Z. Karamanolis, G. Polymeros, D. Triantafyllou, K. Oikonomopoulos, T. Case Rep Gastroenterol Published: November 2008 We report the case of an octagenerian who presented with leukocytoclastic vasculitis as the first symptom of Crohn's disease. The patient was admitted with skin rash on the lower extremities and ankles and episodes of bloody diarrhea. Skin and colon biopsies revealed acute leukocytoclastic vasculitis and moderate Crohn's disease, respectively. The patient was treated with intravenous corticosteroids in conjunction with antibiotics and per os mesalazine. Symptoms resolved rapidly within 5 days, and the patient was still asymptomatic on follow-up 3 months later. S. Karger AG 2008-11-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3166803/ /pubmed/21897791 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000161562 Text en Copyright © 2008 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
spellingShingle Published: November 2008
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Karamanolis, G.
Polymeros, D.
Triantafyllou, K.
Oikonomopoulos, T.
Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis as an Onset Symptom of Crohn's Disease
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title_fullStr Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis as an Onset Symptom of Crohn's Disease
title_full_unstemmed Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis as an Onset Symptom of Crohn's Disease
title_short Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis as an Onset Symptom of Crohn's Disease
title_sort leukocytoclastic vasculitis as an onset symptom of crohn's disease
topic Published: November 2008
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3166803/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000161562
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