Skin gangrene as an extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease

• Main Authors: Yumi Cristina Komatsu (Author), Gabriela Cunha Capareli (Author), Maria Fernanda Feitosa de Camargo Boin (Author), Rute Lellis (Author), Thaís Helena Proença de Freitas (Author), Karine Simone (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Inflammatory bowel diseases can commonly present many cutaneous lesions which can contribute to the diagnosis of the disease or its activity. The most frequent cutaneous or mucocutaneous manifestations suggesting ulcerative rectocolitis activity are erythema nodosum (3-10%), pyoderma gangrenosum (5-...