Idiopathic fibrosing pancreatitis and Crohnʼs disease
- 1 September 2000
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
- Vol. 12 (9) , 1021-1024
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00042737-200012090-00010
Abstract
Idiopathic fibrosing pancreatitis is an uncommon condition in children and adolescents of unknown aetiology. This syndrome has been reported in 36 cases so far. To our knowledge none of these cases was definitively associated with Crohn's disease. In this report we describe a young female patient who developed Crohn's disease of the colon 5 years after having been diagnosed with idiopathic fibrosing pancreatitis. The differential diagnosis between this syndrome associated with Crohn's disease and pancreatic Crohn's disease or fibrosing colonopathy, an entity related to pancreatic enzyme therapy, is discussed.Keywords
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