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Metastatic Crohn’s disease despite infliximab therapy
Metastatic Crohn’s disease is a rare extraintestinal manifestation of Crohn’s disease. It is characterized by polymorphic skin lesions formed by non-caseating granulomas located on anatomical sites distant from the gastrointestinal tract. We report a rare case of metastatic Crohn’s disease, simultan...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5726693/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29267462 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20175713 |
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author | Campos, Sara Coutinho, Inês Cardoso, José Carlos Portela, Francisco |
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description | Metastatic Crohn’s disease is a rare extraintestinal manifestation of Crohn’s disease. It is characterized by polymorphic skin lesions formed by non-caseating granulomas located on anatomical sites distant from the gastrointestinal tract. We report a rare case of metastatic Crohn’s disease, simultaneously displaying multiple clinically heterogeneous cutaneous lesions, in a patient with previously diagnosed Crohn’s disease in remission due to anti-TNF-α use. This case highlights the need for high clinical suspicion and early biopsy in the setting of a patient with Crohn’s disease and persistent skin lesions, even under biologic therapy. Furthermore, it reinforces the need of monitoring of the serum level of infliximab, increasing the dose in case it is low or undetectable. |
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spelling | pubmed-57266932017-12-18 Metastatic Crohn’s disease despite infliximab therapy Campos, Sara Coutinho, Inês Cardoso, José Carlos Portela, Francisco An Bras Dermatol Case Report Metastatic Crohn’s disease is a rare extraintestinal manifestation of Crohn’s disease. It is characterized by polymorphic skin lesions formed by non-caseating granulomas located on anatomical sites distant from the gastrointestinal tract. We report a rare case of metastatic Crohn’s disease, simultaneously displaying multiple clinically heterogeneous cutaneous lesions, in a patient with previously diagnosed Crohn’s disease in remission due to anti-TNF-α use. This case highlights the need for high clinical suspicion and early biopsy in the setting of a patient with Crohn’s disease and persistent skin lesions, even under biologic therapy. Furthermore, it reinforces the need of monitoring of the serum level of infliximab, increasing the dose in case it is low or undetectable. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5726693/ /pubmed/29267462 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20175713 Text en ©2017 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Campos, Sara Coutinho, Inês Cardoso, José Carlos Portela, Francisco Metastatic Crohn’s disease despite infliximab therapy |
title | Metastatic Crohn’s disease despite infliximab therapy |
title_full | Metastatic Crohn’s disease despite infliximab therapy |
title_fullStr | Metastatic Crohn’s disease despite infliximab therapy |
title_full_unstemmed | Metastatic Crohn’s disease despite infliximab therapy |
title_short | Metastatic Crohn’s disease despite infliximab therapy |
title_sort | metastatic crohn’s disease despite infliximab therapy |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5726693/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29267462 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20175713 |
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