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Chronic granulomatous otitis externa as an initial presentation of cutaneous Crohn disease.

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Raynor, EM
Published in: JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
August 2014

IMPORTANCE: In the limited number of Crohn disease cases involving the head and neck, there is a predilection for mucosal surfaces and rare reports of involvement in the postauricular region. To our knowledge, in all previously reported cases involving the head and neck, the patients had a known diagnosis of Crohn disease. OBSERVATIONS: This case describes a 10-year-old boy with a history of psoriasis and psoriasiform dermatitis who presented with bilateral chronic granulomatous otitis externa, obliteration of the external auditory canal, and fissuring, resulting in separation of the lobule from the preauricular skin. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Pathologic examination results were consistent with granulomatous dermatitis concerning for cutaneous Crohn disease, and a subsequent gastroenterologic workup confirmed the diagnosis of Crohn disease. This is a report of chronic granulomatous otitis as the initial presentation of cutaneous Crohn disease in a child.

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JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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EISSN

2168-619X

Publication Date

August 2014

Volume

140

Issue

8

Start / End Page

765 / 767

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Skin Ulcer
  • Skin Diseases
  • Otitis Externa
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Granuloma
  • Ear Canal
  • Crohn Disease
  • Constriction, Pathologic
  • Chronic Disease
 

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Raynor, E. M. (2014). Chronic granulomatous otitis externa as an initial presentation of cutaneous Crohn disease. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 140(8), 765–767. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoto.2014.1211
Raynor, Eileen M. “Chronic granulomatous otitis externa as an initial presentation of cutaneous Crohn disease.JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 140, no. 8 (August 2014): 765–67. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoto.2014.1211.
Raynor EM. Chronic granulomatous otitis externa as an initial presentation of cutaneous Crohn disease. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014 Aug;140(8):765–7.
Raynor, Eileen M. “Chronic granulomatous otitis externa as an initial presentation of cutaneous Crohn disease.JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, vol. 140, no. 8, Aug. 2014, pp. 765–67. Pubmed, doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2014.1211.
Raynor EM. Chronic granulomatous otitis externa as an initial presentation of cutaneous Crohn disease. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014 Aug;140(8):765–767.

Published In

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

DOI

EISSN

2168-619X

Publication Date

August 2014

Volume

140

Issue

8

Start / End Page

765 / 767

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Skin Ulcer
  • Skin Diseases
  • Otitis Externa
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Granuloma
  • Ear Canal
  • Crohn Disease
  • Constriction, Pathologic
  • Chronic Disease