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Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum-Like Disorder with Multiple Coagulation Factor Deficiency in a Patient with Crohn’s Disease

Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum-Like Disorder with Multiple Coagulation Factor Deficiency in a Patient with Crohn’s Disease

Authors :
Kyoo-Hyung Lee
Yu Ri Seo
Ji Wan Lee
Jwa Hoon Kim
Yeong Jin Jeong
Byeongzu Ghang
Min-Chul Kim
Source :
The Korean Journal of Medicine. 89:474-477
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Korean Association of Internal Medicine, 2015.

Abstract

Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE)-like disorder with multiple coagulation factor deficiency is a genetic disease characterized by dystrophic mineralization of the connective tissue in multiple organs such as the skin, arteries, and retina. Patients with this disorder have excessive folding and sagging of the skin with loss of recoil, as well as coagulopathy. Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract, which primary affects the small intestine, often leading to malnutrition. Here, we describe the case of a 25-year-old woman who presented with these diseases. We found that nutrient deficiency due to long-term Crohn’s disease aggravated the coagulopathy associated with PXE-like disorder. (Korean J Med 2015;89:474-477)

Details

ISSN :
22890769 and 17389364
Volume :
89
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The Korean Journal of Medicine
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........12ebf3a9d08774c000e911293d479bed
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3904/kjm.2015.89.4.474