Pathogenesis: The pathogenesis of these cutaneous manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease is unknown. They are theorized to be caused by an autoimmune mechanism of defective cell-mediated immunity. Metastatic Crohn’s disease is believed to be caused when the inflammatory bowel disease recognizes the skin as gut tissue and develops the same granulomatous process within the cutaneous structures.

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