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

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Lay Summary 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.

Source: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izae284

Authors: EunMee Yang, Peter M Wayne, Andrew C Ahn, Joshua Korzenik

Institutions: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine

Language: English

Topic: Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health