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Background
A 45-year-old African American woman presents with lesions on her legs. She has a history of hypertension, type 1 diabetes, and jejunal Crohn's disease, which was diagnosed 15 years ago. The patient injured her right leg 2 months earlier while riding her bicycle. The lesion was painful, weeping, and ulcerated but now appears to be healing. She also has a larger lesion on the left leg. She has not experienced nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, abdominal pain, melena, and hematochezia.
Her small-bowel Crohn's disease was diagnosed when she was 30 years old and was well-controlled for many years. She is currently taking azathioprine only. The patient was hospitalized for a flare of her Crohn's disease about 6 months ago and required intravenous corticosteroids along with a steroid taper.
The patient's mother has hypothyroidism. Her father has coronary artery disease and hypertension. She has no siblings. The patient quit smoking 5 years ago and does not drink alcohol.
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Cite this: Poornima Oruganti, Jason Schairer. Dermatology Case Challenge: Painful Lesions, Open Wounds on a 45-Year-Old Woman - Medscape - Oct 10, 2022.
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