[Metastatic Crohn's disease. Response to adalimumab dose intensification].
| Autor: | Lázaro Saéz M; Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Torrecárdenas, Almería, Spain. alatriste83@hotmail.com, Hernández Martínez A, Bendezú García RÁ, Rodríguez Manrique MA, Simón López F, Medina Estévez E, Vega Sáenz JL |
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| Jazyk: | Spanish; Castilian |
| Zdroj: | Gastroenterologia y hepatologia [Gastroenterol Hepatol] 2012 May; Vol. 35 (5), pp. 321-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Mar 23. |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.gastrohep.2012.01.006 |
| Abstrakt: | Inflammatory bowel disease is accompanied by extraintestinal manifestations in a high percentage of patients. Cutaneous lesions are the second most prevalent of these manifestations, and within these, metastatic Crohn's disease is one of the least common, being the least frequent specific cutaneous manifestation of Crohn's disease. This entity includes cutaneous and subcutaneous lesions with a non-caseating granulomatous appearance on histological analysis identical to that of Crohn's disease. These lesions are not found adjacent to the digestive tract. Due to the low prevalence of these manifestations, conclusive trials on the treatment of choice have not been performed and there is no well-defined therapeutic strategy. Distinct therapies with varying results have been reported. We report the case of a female patient with longstanding and complex Crohn's disease who developed metastatic cutaneous manifestations while receiving adalimumab. The cutaneous manifestations responded well to dose intensification of this drug. A review of the literature is provided. (Copyright © 2011 Elsevier España, S.L. and AEEH y AEG. All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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