Unusual association of diseases/symptoms: Sweet's syndrome in Crohn's colitis
We would like to report a case involving a 38-year-old woman who presented with knee and ankle swellings 2 weeks prior to admission. There were also multiple painful oral ulcers and a few skin sores on the wrist. She also had associated diarrhoea for 2 weeks. There ware also marked loss of weight (6...
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iium-128622012-01-26T04:34:25Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/12862/ Unusual association of diseases/symptoms: Sweet's syndrome in Crohn's colitis Abdullah , Sheikh Anwar Hishamuddin, Aizan Jaafar, Khairul Azhar Amri J., Shamsul Razlan, Hamizah Mohamed Said, Mohd Shahrir RC Internal medicine We would like to report a case involving a 38-year-old woman who presented with knee and ankle swellings 2 weeks prior to admission. There were also multiple painful oral ulcers and a few skin sores on the wrist. She also had associated diarrhoea for 2 weeks. There ware also marked loss of weight (6kg in 2 weeks). Colonoscopy examination showed macroscopic and histopathological findings of Crohn's disease; however, skin histology showed extensive neutrophilic infiltration in the dermis, predominantly in the perivascular region. Her final diagnosis was sweet's syndrome with crohn's disease. BMJ Publishing Group 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/12862/5/sweet%27s_syndrome_in.pdf Abdullah , Sheikh Anwar and Hishamuddin, Aizan and Jaafar, Khairul Azhar and Amri J., Shamsul and Razlan, Hamizah and Mohamed Said, Mohd Shahrir (2009) Unusual association of diseases/symptoms: Sweet's syndrome in Crohn's colitis. BMJ Case Reports, 2009. p. 1438. ISSN 1757-790X (O) http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2009/bcr.01.2009.1438.abstract doi:10.1136/bcr.01.2009.1438 |
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We would like to report a case involving a 38-year-old woman who presented with knee and ankle swellings 2 weeks prior to admission. There were also multiple painful oral ulcers and a few skin sores on the wrist. She also had associated diarrhoea for 2 weeks. There ware also marked loss of weight (6kg in 2 weeks). Colonoscopy examination showed macroscopic and histopathological findings of Crohn's disease; however, skin histology showed extensive neutrophilic infiltration in the dermis, predominantly in the perivascular region. Her final diagnosis was sweet's syndrome with crohn's disease. |
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Abdullah , Sheikh Anwar Hishamuddin, Aizan Jaafar, Khairul Azhar Amri J., Shamsul Razlan, Hamizah Mohamed Said, Mohd Shahrir |
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Abdullah , Sheikh Anwar Hishamuddin, Aizan Jaafar, Khairul Azhar Amri J., Shamsul Razlan, Hamizah Mohamed Said, Mohd Shahrir |
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Unusual association of diseases/symptoms: Sweet's syndrome in Crohn's colitis |
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Unusual association of diseases/symptoms: Sweet's syndrome in Crohn's colitis |
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Unusual association of diseases/symptoms: Sweet's syndrome in Crohn's colitis |
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Unusual association of diseases/symptoms: Sweet's syndrome in Crohn's colitis |
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unusual association of diseases/symptoms: sweet's syndrome in crohn's colitis |
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BMJ Publishing Group |
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