Cutaneous Manifestations of Smoldering Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Report of 2 Cases
Elif Sitre Koç1 , Gamze Erfan2 , Hülya Hamzaoğlu3 , İkbal Esen Aydıngöz2 , Emel Öztürk Durmaz2 , İsmail Hamzaoğlu4 , Nesliar Eser Kutsal3 , Nurdan Tözün3
1Department of Internal Medicine, Acıbadem University, Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye
2Department of Dermatology Acıbadem University, Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye
3Department of Gastroenterology, Acıbadem University, Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye
4Department of General Surgery, Acıbadem University, Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye
2Department of Dermatology Acıbadem University, Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye
3Department of Gastroenterology, Acıbadem University, Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye
4Department of General Surgery, Acıbadem University, Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye
Journal of Enterocolitis 2022; 1(2): 48-51 DOI: 10.5152/Jenterocolitis.2022.221220
Abstract
Extra-intestinal manifestations are encountered in 6%-47% of patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Musculoskeletal and dermatologic systems are the most frequently affected sites. Some extra-intestinal manifestations arise before the disease flares; therefore, early awareness of these symptoms has great importance in inflammatory bowel disease management. In this article, we describe 2 cases with inflammatory bowel disease exhibiting 2 different skin manifestations, namely, Sweet’s syndrome and erythema nodosum, and related issues in the diagnosis and management of extra-intestinal manifestations.
Keywords: Dermatology, cutaneous manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease, extra-int estinal manifestations, inflammatory bowel disease
