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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Komatsuda, Atsushi
• Kinoshita, Koji
• Togashi, Masaru
• Maki, Nobuki
• Masai, Rie
• Niitsu, Hidetaka
• Ohtani, Setsuya
• Sageshima, Masato
• Sawada, Ken-ichi
• Wakui, Hideki

Titel

Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa in a patient with Crohn's disease

Ist Teil von

• Modern rheumatology, 2008-12, Vol.18 (6), p.639-642

Ort / Verlag

Informa Healthcare

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Springer Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract A 19-year-old Japanese woman with a 4-year history of Crohn's disease (CD) developed high fever, polyarthralgia, and painful subcutaneous nodules of the legs. A skin biopsy showed panarteritis with fibrinoid necrosis in the deep dermis. Endoscopic examination showed aphthous lesions in the entire colon. She was diagnosed with cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) associated with CD. Steroid therapy improved her symptoms. To our knowledge, this is the first Japanese case of cutaneous PAN associated with CD.