Crohn's disease with ankylosing spondylitis in an adolescent patient who had undergone long ileo-colonic anastomosis for Hirschsprung's disease as an infant.
- Author:
Ha Yeon KIM
1
;
Tae Wook KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Crohn disease; Spondylitis, ankylosing; Hirschsprung disease; Inflammatory bowel diseases; Long ileo-colonic anastomosis
- MeSH: Adolescent*; Comorbidity; Crohn Disease*; Gastrointestinal Tract; Hirschsprung Disease*; Humans; Infant*; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; Spondylitis, Ankylosing*
- From:Intestinal Research 2017;15(1):133-137
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic, idiopathic, inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract. In rare cases, CD has been associated with Hirschsprung's disease (HD); however, the underlying pathophysiology of this and other comorbidities is not yet fully understood. In this report, we describe the case of a 17-year-old patient who was diagnosed with both CD and ankylosing spondylitis (AS), having undergone a long ileo-colonic anastomosis to treat HD at 12 months of age. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of CD combined with AS in a patient with HD.
