Use of capsule endoscopy to identify lesions suggestive of Crohn's disease in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis

Psoriasis/Inflammatory bowel diseases: a time to solve the liaison

“…Faecal calprotectin is a useful screening tool for identifying patients most likely to need an endoscopy for IBDs. 7 Recently, Bissonnette et al 8 reported patients with active Ps (moderate to severe Ps), who never received a diagnosis of IBDs and or had a history of gastrointestinal symptoms, underwent capsule endoscopy to determine the prevalence of subclinical CD. Faecal calprotectin levels were measured at baseline and compared with capsule endoscopy findings to evaluate the potential of this biomarker as a screening tool for undiagnosed IBD in patients with Ps.…”

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“…Having reviewed the articles already published (Table 1) on the subject, we found that earlier case reports had already demonstrated successful isotretinoin introduction in patients known to be allergic to peanut, accounting, in total, for 12 patients. [4][5][6][7][8][9] None of these patients experienced adverse allergic events. The investigations varied slightly from one case report to another, but overall, most patients underwent prick testing for peanut and isotretinoin.…”