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Local peritonitis as the first manifestation of Crohn's disease in a child

Crohn's disease (CD) can occur anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract from the mouth to the anus and sometimes it presents in a nonspecific manner. Herein we describe a case of local peritonitis as the first manifestation of CD in an 11-year-old girl, and the subsequent method of treatment.

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Autores principales: Kambouri, Katerina, Gardikis, Stefanos, Agelidou, Maria, Vaos, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3983759/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24741214
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.129606
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author Kambouri, Katerina
Gardikis, Stefanos
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description Crohn's disease (CD) can occur anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract from the mouth to the anus and sometimes it presents in a nonspecific manner. Herein we describe a case of local peritonitis as the first manifestation of CD in an 11-year-old girl, and the subsequent method of treatment.
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spelling pubmed-39837592014-04-16 Local peritonitis as the first manifestation of Crohn's disease in a child Kambouri, Katerina Gardikis, Stefanos Agelidou, Maria Vaos, George J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report Crohn's disease (CD) can occur anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract from the mouth to the anus and sometimes it presents in a nonspecific manner. Herein we describe a case of local peritonitis as the first manifestation of CD in an 11-year-old girl, and the subsequent method of treatment. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC3983759/ /pubmed/24741214 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.129606 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kambouri, Katerina
Gardikis, Stefanos
Agelidou, Maria
Vaos, George
Local peritonitis as the first manifestation of Crohn's disease in a child
title Local peritonitis as the first manifestation of Crohn's disease in a child
title_full Local peritonitis as the first manifestation of Crohn's disease in a child
title_fullStr Local peritonitis as the first manifestation of Crohn's disease in a child
title_full_unstemmed Local peritonitis as the first manifestation of Crohn's disease in a child
title_short Local peritonitis as the first manifestation of Crohn's disease in a child
title_sort local peritonitis as the first manifestation of crohn's disease in a child
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3983759/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24741214
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.129606
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