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Atlas of dermatopathology
Josef Feit, Hana Jedličková, Günter Burg, Luděk Matyska, Spasoje Radovanovic et al.
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+ Introduction
+ Literature
+ Support
+ Skin biopsy
+ Non-tumorous skin diseases
+ Skin tumors
+ Cysts of the skin and subcutis
+ Soft tissue lesions
+ Some lesions of the oral cavity
+ Dermatovenerology
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Günter Burg
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Werner Kempf
+ Collection of histological slides of dr. Ram Chandra Adhikari
Crohn's disease, skin changes
Clinical signs

Crohn's disease has skin changes in abour 80% of cases: fistulae, abscesses, skin tags. Mucous membranes are often affected (oral mucosa). Other lesions:

  • cheilitis granulomatosa
  • erythema elevatum diutinum
  • erythema nodosum
  • acne (fulminans)
  • pyoderma faciei
  • acquired epidermolysis bullosa
  • neutrophilic lobular panniculitis
  • granulomattous dermatitis
  • palisading granulomas (necrobiosis lipoidica and granuloma annulare type)
  • and others

Sometimes granulomatous dermatitis with non-caseating granulomas occurs.

Histology

Non-caseating granulomas of variable size, mixed inflammatory infiltrate. Changes are usually unspecific, relation to Crohn's disease is necessary for diagnosis.