Thank you to Dr. Delani Gunawardena for an excellent case of an atypical presentation of Crohn’s disease!
Learning Points:
-Crohn’s disease may present atypically, and extraintestinal manifestations commonly include involvement of the mouth (stomatitis), eyes (uveitis, episcleritis), skin (erythema nodosum, pyoderma gangrenosum), and joints (seronegative spondyloarthropathy).
-Most extraintestinal manifestations of IBD will respond to treatment of underlying bowel disease.
–Click here for an excellent review article describing the extraintestinal manifestations of IBD.