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Metastatic Crohn's disease of the umbilicus
Author(s) -
McLELLAND J.,
GRIFFIN S.M.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1996.tb00108.x
Subject(s) - umbilicus (mollusc) , medicine , crohn's disease , disease , dermatology , surgery
Summary We report a case of metastatic Crohn's disease of the umbilicus which responded to topical corticosteroid treatment, Crohn's disease is a granulomatous disease of the bowel which may a fleet other organs. The skin is commonly involved 1 , and the cutaneous manifestations may be non‐specific, e.g. pyoderma gangrenosum or erythema nodosum 2 or specific with epilhelioid granulomas and multinucleated giant cells in the skin. Specific skin lesions may be contiguous with the bowel at sites including the perineum, mouth and adjacent to fistulae, or separated from it by normal skin from the bowel, a rare condition which has been termed ‘metastatic’ Crohn's disease. 3