کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4161731 1274261 2013 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Toxic colitis in a 10 year old girl with Crohn's disease
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی پریناتولوژی (پزشکی مادر و جنین)، طب اطفال و بهداشت کودک
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Toxic colitis in a 10 year old girl with Crohn's disease
چکیده انگلیسی

Toxic colitis is a well-described, life-threatening complication of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The vast majority of reported cases have been in adults. Limited literature exists describing toxic colitis in children with IBD. Virtually all reported pediatric cases have been in the setting of ulcerative colitis. We present a case of a 10 year old girl with Crohn's disease who was hospitalized because of advanced perianal disease with multiple abscesses and fistulae. During her stay, she developed acute toxic colitis with perforation requiring emergent colectomy. It is essential that clinicians are aware that this catastrophic complication can occur rapidly in the pediatric IBD population to ensure timely and appropriate management.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports - Volume 1, Issue 9, September 2013, Pages 284–287
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