Crohn's disease: a case report.
10.3346/jkms.1987.2.2.133
- Author:
Kyung Ja CHO
1
;
Yeon Lim SUH
;
Chul Woo KIM
;
Je G CHI
Author Information
1. Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Crohn's disease;
granulomatous colitis;
regional enteritis
- MeSH:
Child;
Colitis/pathology;
Crohn Disease/diagnosis/*pathology;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Female;
Granuloma/pathology;
Humans;
Ileitis/pathology;
Intestines/pathology
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
1987;2(2):133-136
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A case of rather typical Crohn's disease in a 10 year old girl is described. She had suffered from intractable abdominal pain, diarrhea and fever for 1 year. Eventual right hemicolectomy revealed diffuse involvement of terminal ileum, cecum and ascending colon by confluent ulcerations and transmural inflammation. Histologically there were numerous well developed non-caseating granulomas scattered transmurally and in regional lymph nodes. Deep penetrating ulcerations were characteristic. Acid fast staining failed to demonstrate any organism. The rarity of Crohn's disease in Korea and this occurrence in pediatric age prompted this report.
