J Korean Med Sci.  1987 Jun;2(2):133-136. 10.3346/jkms.1987.2.2.133.

Crohn's disease: a case report

• Cho KJ
• Suh YL
• Kim CW
• Chi JG

• KMID: 1730660
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.1987.2.2.133

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.

Keyword

Crohn's disease; granulomatous colitis; regional enteritis

MeSH Terms

Child
Colitis/pathology
Crohn Disease/diagnosis/*pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Granuloma/pathology
Humans
Ileitis/pathology
Intestines/pathology