Potential Utility of Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging to Detect Early Microcirculatory Changes Associated With Erythema Nodosum in Crohn's Disease: A Case Report

Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2024 Nov 28:izae284. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izae284. Online ahead of print.
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Keywords: Crohn’s disease; cutaneous blood perfusion; erythema nodosum; inflammatory bowel disease; laser speckle contrast imaging.

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In this case report of a young female patient with Crohn’s disease, presenting with erythema nodosum, laser speckle contrast imaging was able to detect blood flow changes in the affected skin area before clinical signs of the skin lesion emerged.