Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor α–Related Psoriatic Lesions in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Case Report and Systematic Literature Review
Ricardo Romiti M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Dermatology, School of Medical Sciences, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorKarin Milleni Araujo M.D.
Department of Dermatology, School of Medical Sciences, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorFlavio Steinwurz M.D., M.Sc.
Unit of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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Rafael Denadai M.D.
Department of Dermatology, School of Medical Sciences, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
SOBRAPAR Hospital, Campinas, Brazil
Address correspondence to Rafael Denadai, M.D., SOBRAPAR Hospital, Av. Adolpho Lutz, 100, Caixa Postal: 6028, Campinas, São Paulo CEP: 13084-880, Brazil, or e-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorRicardo Romiti M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Dermatology, School of Medical Sciences, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorKarin Milleni Araujo M.D.
Department of Dermatology, School of Medical Sciences, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorFlavio Steinwurz M.D., M.Sc.
Unit of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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Rafael Denadai M.D.
Department of Dermatology, School of Medical Sciences, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
SOBRAPAR Hospital, Campinas, Brazil
Address correspondence to Rafael Denadai, M.D., SOBRAPAR Hospital, Av. Adolpho Lutz, 100, Caixa Postal: 6028, Campinas, São Paulo CEP: 13084-880, Brazil, or e-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
We report a child with Crohn's disease and infliximab-induced guttate psoriasis. We also performed a systematic literature review on this intriguing paradoxical phenomenon in children with inflammatory bowel disease.
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