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Case Reports
. 2019 Aug 5:7:2050313X19868390.
doi: 10.1177/2050313X19868390. eCollection 2019.

Cutaneous Crohn's disease of the vulva after a total colectomy and without gastrointestinal manifestations: A case report

Michal Bohdanowicz  1 , Danny Ghazarian  2 , Cheryl F Rosen  1
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Cutaneous Crohn's disease of the vulva after a total colectomy and without gastrointestinal manifestations: A case report

Michal Bohdanowicz et al. SAGE Open Med Case Rep. .

Abstract

Crohn's disease has many cutaneous manifestations. We report a case of a 54-year-old woman, who had non-contiguous vulvar Crohn's disease despite a total colectomy and the absence of gastrointestinal Crohn's disease on ileoscopy.

Keywords: Cutaneous Crohn’s disease; vulvar disease.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of conflicting interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Mild erythema and edema of the patient’s vulva.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Superficial and deep lymphohistiocytic perivascular and interstitial inflammation with numerous plasma cells as well as scattered interstitial giant cells on a background of dermal fibrosis (Hematoxylin and eosin, 40×).
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