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. 2022 Aug 16;3(3):e232.
doi: 10.1097/PG9.0000000000000232. eCollection 2022 Aug.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Presenting With Retiform Purpura

Laura A Quinn  1 , Grant R Plost  2 , Bradford Siegele  3 , Amy G Feldman  1 , Edwin de Zoeten  1
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease Presenting With Retiform Purpura

Laura A Quinn et al. JPGN Rep. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Dr Quinn recieves support from a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (T32 DK067009). The other authors report no conflicts of interest.

Figures

FIGURE 1.
FIGURE 1.
Anterior views of the right thigh on presentation (A), 1 week later (B), 2 weeks later (C), 1 month later (D), 2 months later (E), and 3 months later (F). Purpura (A,B) were not palpable as are observed in cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis. Note the absence of marked purulence (D, E) or cribriform scarring (F) which are observed in pyoderma gangrenosum.
FIGURE 2.
FIGURE 2.
Colonoscopy showed gross pancolitis (A) with erythema, edema, friability and microhemorrhages. Histopathologic findings (B) included chronic active colitis with cryptitis (arrow) and abnormal crypt branching (arrowheads) but no granulomata.
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