Abstract
Inflammatory bowel diseases have a high frequency in Europe. They are chronic disorders that evolve with relapses and remissions. Clinical features include the signs of underlying inflammatory bowel disease and also signs of extraintestinal manifestations. Cutaneous disorders are the most common extraintestinal manifestations associated with inflammatory bowel diseases, which can be dependent on or independent of gastrointestinal disease activity. The main cutaneous disorders are erythema nodosum and pyodermagangrenosum. The pathogenic mechanisms are not fully understood but it seems that related mechanisms are involved in the development of inflammatory bowel diseases and extraintestinal manifestations. Treatment should be aimed at both the cutaneous manifestations and the bowel inflammation.
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Georgescu, Simona Roxana; Mitran, Cristina Iulia; Mitran, Madalina Irina; Costescu, Monica; Benea, Vasile; Sarbu, Maria Isabela; and Tampa, Mircea
(2015)
"Cutaneous Manifestations in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases,"
Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences: Vol. 2:
Iss.
2, Article 2.
Available at:
https://scholar.valpo.edu/jmms/vol2/iss2/2