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Sterile Folliculitis as an Important Diagnostic Clue to Crohn’s Disease

  1. Céline Kempeneers M.D.1,
  2. Isabelle Paquot M.D.1,2,
  3. Pierre Philippet M.D.1,
  4. Annieta Goossens M.D.3,
  5. Vincent Bernier M.D.1,4

Article first published online: 28 SEP 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2012.01796.x

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Kempeneers, C., Paquot, I., Philippet, P., Goossens, A. and Bernier, V. (2012), Sterile Folliculitis as an Important Diagnostic Clue to Crohn’s Disease. Pediatric Dermatology. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2012.01796.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Pediatrics, CHC, Clinique de l’Espérance, Liège

  2. 2

    Sector of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, CHC, Clinique de l’Espérance, Liège

  3. 3

    Department of Anatomopathology, UZ-Brussel, Brussels

  4. 4

    Sector of Pediatric Dermatology, Department of Pediatrics, CHC, Clinique de l’Espérance, Liège, Belgium

*Address Correspondence to Vincent Bernier, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, Sector of Pediatric Dermatology, CHC-Liège, Clinique de l’Espérance, Rue Saint-Nicolas, 447–449, B-4420 Montegnée, Belgium, or e-mail: vincent.bernier@skynet.be.

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  1. Article first published online: 28 SEP 2012

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Abstract:  Sterile folliculitis is known to be one of the rare cutaneous manifestations of Crohn’s disease (CD). To our knowledge it has never been emphasized as a marker of significant diagnostic value, perhaps maybe even more significant than more common cutaneous manifestations such as erythema nodosum (EN).

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