Crohn's Disease in a Child with Colonic Stricture: A Case Report

Basturk A., ARTAN R., YILMAZ A., OZTEK A.

GUNCEL PEDIATRI-JOURNAL OF CURRENT PEDIATRICS, cilt.16, sa.1, ss.145-154, 2018 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Dergi Adı: GUNCEL PEDIATRI-JOURNAL OF CURRENT PEDIATRICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.145-154
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Crohn Disease, child, colon, INFLAMMATORY-BOWEL-DISEASE
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Crohn's Disease (CD) is a multisystemic disease which may affect gastrointestinal system transmural and segmental and patients may present with any kind of symptoms. An investigation on 15-year-old patient who presented with severe abdominal pain revealed narrowing in right colon and found consistent with CD. The patient who devepoled an abcess fistulized to the skin during the follow-up showed improvement after treatment with corticosteroid, azathioprine, mesalazine, methotrexate, infliximab, and antibiotics. During follow-up, intra-abdominal abcesses and narrowing of the colon regressed along with patient's symptoms. We wanted to present this case where our patient was diagnosed with CD after presenting with colon stricture which is more commonly seen as late stage complication in adult CD.