Skin lesions are associated with Crohns disease (CD) in 22– 44% of patients. Metastatic Crohn's disease (MCD) is defined as granulomatous skin lesions occurring at sites separate from the gastrointestinal tract, mainly in the lower extremities and intertriginous areas.1 Genital MCD has been frequently described as refractory and usually begins as a non-healing ulcer, but can be shown as a papul...

RATIONALE The fundamental pathogenesis of Behçet disease (BD) is still unclear and controversial. Many cases of oral aphthous ulcers and genital ulcers related to BD are reported; nevertheless, idiopathic giant esophageal ulcers related to BD are rare. A rare case for esophageal ulcers related to BD is presented. PATIENT CONCERNS In China, BD is represented with esophageal involvement which i...

HLA-B27 is a Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) class I molecule whose predominant function is the presentation of short 8-10 amino acid long peptides to cytotoxic CD8+T cells. HLA-B27 exhibits a strong association with a group of inflammatory arthritic diseases referred to as the spondyloarthropathies (SpAs) [1]. The SpAs are characterized by inflammation at the entheses, followed by skele...

I. Steenholdt C, Enevold C, Ainsworth MA, Brynskov J, Thomsen OO, Bendtzen K. Genetic polymorphisms of tumour necrosis factor receptor superfamily 1b and fas ligand are associated with clinical efficacy and/or acute severe infusion reactions to infliximab in Crohn's disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2012;36:650-659. II. Steenholdt C, Brynskov J, Thomsen OØ, Munck LK, Fallingborg J, Christensen L...