Open AccessMetastatic vulvar Crohn′s disease-A rare case report and short review of literature
Author(s) -
Dwijen Das,
Bhavana Gupta,
Mahimanjan Saha
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.174028
Subject(s) - medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , disease , dermatology , crohn's disease , vulva , rare disease , crohn disease , edema , pathology , surgery
Metastatic Crohn's disease (CD), a type of extraintestinal CD may present with gynecological manifestation which causes diagnostic dilemma and needs multidisciplinary approach. Vulvar lesions occur in very small number of cases with CD of which asymmetrical labial swelling and edema is the most common presentation. We report a case of hypertrophic exophytic variety of vulvar CD because of its rarity.