Adult-Onset Esophageal Crohn’s Disease

Crohn’s disease (CD) is an idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease that can involve any part of the gastrointestinal tract. Esophageal involvement is rarely seen in adults, especially at the initial diagnosis of CD. Esophageal symptoms as primary manifestations of the disease are extremely rare. We re...

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Autores principales: Kasarala, George, Harvin, Glenn, Durrett, Sam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Gastroenterology 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5064424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27761477
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.112
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description Crohn’s disease (CD) is an idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease that can involve any part of the gastrointestinal tract. Esophageal involvement is rarely seen in adults, especially at the initial diagnosis of CD. Esophageal symptoms as primary manifestations of the disease are extremely rare. We report a case of a CD with esophageal involvement at the time of her initial diagnosis of CD.
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spelling pubmed-50644242016-10-19 Adult-Onset Esophageal Crohn’s Disease Kasarala, George Harvin, Glenn Durrett, Sam ACG Case Rep J Case Report Crohn’s disease (CD) is an idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease that can involve any part of the gastrointestinal tract. Esophageal involvement is rarely seen in adults, especially at the initial diagnosis of CD. Esophageal symptoms as primary manifestations of the disease are extremely rare. We report a case of a CD with esophageal involvement at the time of her initial diagnosis of CD. American College of Gastroenterology 2016-10-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5064424/ /pubmed/27761477 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.112 Text en Copyright © Kasarala et al. This is an open-access article. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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title_short Adult-Onset Esophageal Crohn’s Disease
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