Crohn Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Granulomatous Reaction - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

Crohn disease inflammatory bowel disease granulomatous reaction

Body Site

lip mouth

Age

16 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

pink

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

periorificial symmetric localized

Comments

This adolescent boy with a longstanding history of Crohn disease in remission complaned of painless swelling of the right lower lip for 6 months. Recently the left side of his lower lip also became swollen. A biopsy of the lower lip showed granulomatous inflammation typical of cutaneous Crohn disease.

Description

rubbery swelling with some overlying scale and fissuring

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3/22/2011 22:49:23

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PubMed Medline Plus Medscape

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