Recalcitrant plantar warts during azathioprine therapy for Crohn’s disease

Dermatological complications of long-term immunosuppressive therapy in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are rarely reported. We present the case of a 29-year-old man with worsening of plantar warts while on azathioprine therapy for Crohn’s disease. This case underlines the need to perform thorough s...

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Autores principales: Timmer, Margriet R., van Ooteghem, Nancy A.M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3959932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24714510
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Sumario:Dermatological complications of long-term immunosuppressive therapy in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are rarely reported. We present the case of a 29-year-old man with worsening of plantar warts while on azathioprine therapy for Crohn’s disease. This case underlines the need to perform thorough skin examination of IBD patients before and during immunosuppressive therapy.

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