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Cutaneous manifestations in inflammatory bowel disease (Review)

  • Authors:
    • Loredana Ungureanu
    • Rodica Cosgarea
    • Mihail Alexandru Badea
    • Alina Florentina Vasilovici
    • Ioana Cosgarea
    • Simona Corina Șenilă
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  • Published online on: December 12, 2019     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.8321
  • Pages: 31-37
  • Copyright: © Ungureanu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is defined as a chronic condition characterized by unpredictable relapsing episodes of gastrointestinal inflammation. IBD is not limited to the gastrointestinal tract and should be considered a systemic disease which can involve any organ. Cutaneous manifestations in IBD are frequent and comprise a broad spectrum of diseases, ranging from mild to severe and sometimes debilitating lesions. Some of the cutaneous manifestations can present signs of an underlying intestinal disease, leading to the screening for non-detected IBD even in the absence of symptoms. Cutaneous EIMs are divided into 4 categories: i) Disease-specific lesions that show the same histopathologic findings as the underlying gastrointestinal disease, ii) reactive lesions which are inflammatory lesions that share a common pathogenetic mechanism but do not share the same pathology with the gastrointestinal disease, iii) associated conditions are more frequently observed in the context of IBD, without sharing the pathogenetic mechanism or the histopathological findings with the underlying disease and iv) drug-related skin reactions.
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Ungureanu L, Cosgarea R, Badea MA, Vasilovici AF, Cosgarea I and Șenilă SC: Cutaneous manifestations in inflammatory bowel disease (Review). Exp Ther Med 20: 31-37, 2020
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Ungureanu, L., Cosgarea, R., Badea, M.A., Vasilovici, A.F., Cosgarea, I., & Șenilă, S.C. (2020). Cutaneous manifestations in inflammatory bowel disease (Review). Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 20, 31-37. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.8321
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Ungureanu, L., Cosgarea, R., Badea, M. A., Vasilovici, A. F., Cosgarea, I., Șenilă, S. C."Cutaneous manifestations in inflammatory bowel disease (Review)". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 20.1 (2020): 31-37.
Chicago
Ungureanu, L., Cosgarea, R., Badea, M. A., Vasilovici, A. F., Cosgarea, I., Șenilă, S. C."Cutaneous manifestations in inflammatory bowel disease (Review)". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 20, no. 1 (2020): 31-37. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.8321