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Cutaneous Crohn's disease mimicking Melkersson–Rosenthal syndrome: treatment with methotrexate
Author(s) -
TonkovicCapin V,
Galbraith SS,
Rogers RS,
Binion DG,
Yancey KB
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of the european academy of dermatology and venereology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.655
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1468-3083
pISSN - 0926-9959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01458.x
Subject(s) - medicine , methotrexate , crohn's disease , dermatology , melkersson–rosenthal syndrome , disease , surgery
A woman with a 5‐year history of unilateral orofacial granulomatosis required repeated evaluations (including sequential colonoscopies) to establish the diagnosis of cutaneous Crohn's disease, a condition that proved responsive to low doses of oral methotrexate administered weekly. To our knowledge this is the first report describing the use of methotrexate for treatment of orofacial granulomatosis caused by underlying Crohn's disease.