A Case of Crohn Disease.
- Author:
Ji Eun KIM
1
;
Jun Ho KIM
;
Dong Seok LEE
;
Doo Kwun KIM
;
Sung Min CHOI
;
Woo Taek KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Crohn disease
- MeSH: Abdominal Pain; Age of Onset; Anorexia; Arthralgia; Child; Crohn Disease*; Gastrointestinal Tract; Humans; Incidence; Male; Stomatitis, Aphthous
- From:Korean Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 1999;2(2):227-232
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: Crohn disease is a chronic transmural inflammatory disease that may involve any portion of the gastrointestinal tract. An increased incidence of Crohn disease in the general population has been reported, along with a greater than threefold increase of Crohn disease in children under the age of 16 years noted in a recent study. Crohn disease may be seen as early as infancy, but the most common pediatric age of onset is during the teenage period. We experienced a case of Crohn disease in 6 year old male child complained abdominal pain, oral aphthous ulcers, arthralgia, anorexia, and growth failure. A brief review of related literature is also presented.
