Extraintestinal manifestations of Crohn's disease.
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Serval ID
serval:BIB_0EF09B21634C
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Extraintestinal manifestations of Crohn's disease.
Journal
Digestion
ISSN
1421-9867[electronic]
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2007
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
76
Number
2
Pages
141-148
Language
english
Abstract
In each case of extraintestinal manifestations of Crohn's disease, active disease, if present, should be treated to induce remission, which may positively influence the course of most concomitant extraintestinal manifestations. For some extraintestinal manifestations, however, a specific treatment should be introduced. This latter part of disease management will be discussed in this chapter, in particular for pyoderma gangrenosum, uveitis, spondylarthropathy - axial arthropathy - and primary sclerosing cholangitis, which have also been described in quiescent Crohn's disease. Few new drugs for the treatment of extraintestinal manifestations of Crohn's disease have been developed in the past and only the role of infliximab has increased in Crohn's disease-related extraintestinal manifestations. Drugs specifically aimed at this treatment, stemming from a few randomized controlled studies or case series, are sulfasalazine, 5-ASA, corticosteroids, azathioprine or 6-mercaptopurine, methotrexate, infliximab, adalimumab, etanercept and cyclosporine or tacrolimus. Unfortunately, because of the paucity of data in this field, the best evidence presented and discussed in this article for the treatment of these extraintestinal manifestations is extrapolated from patients that for the most part did not suffer from Crohn's disease.
Keywords
Cholangitis, Sclerosing/etiology, Cholangitis, Sclerosing/therapy, Crohn Disease/complications, Disease Progression, Humans, Pyoderma Gangrenosum/etiology, Pyoderma Gangrenosum/therapy, Spondylitis, Ankylosing/etiology, Spondylitis, Ankylosing/therapy, Uveitis/etiology, Uveitis/therapy
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Web of science
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