A case of pediatric patient with ulcerative colitis and extraintestinal skin manifestation – pyoderma gangrenosum
Journal Title: Postępy Nauk Medycznych - Year 2014, Vol 27, Issue 3
Abstract
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an inflammatory disease of the intestines (inflammatory bowel disease – IBD) which is typically characterized by abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, or weight loss. Manifestations such as skin rashes, arthritis, iritis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, pyoderma gangrenosum or erythema nodosum may also occur. They are rare and develop in approximately one-quarter to one-third of patients with IBD. Skin involvement is a fairly common problem, and may affect up to 25 percent of patients. Extra-intestinal symptoms can either precede intestinal disorders or they can be connected with exacerbation of bowel disease. All of them can either precede intestinal disorders or be connected with exacerbation of already diagnosed UC. Extra-intestinal symptoms preceding intestinal disorders may delay proper diagnosis and treatment which cause a lot of dangerous complications. We report a case of 9-years old boy with severe UC and pyoderma gangrenosum who was diagnosed primary as Schonlein-Henoch Purpura. Misdiagnosis appeared to be life-threatening in this patient.
Authors and Affiliations
Jarosław Kierkuś, Edyta Szymańska, Sylwia Szymańska, Lidia Ruszkowska
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