Crohn disease with sclerosing cholangitis and liver cirrhosis in adolescence.
A 17-year-old patient suffering from Crohn disease (CD) and liver cirrhosis is presented. At an advanced stage of the disease, he died of a concomitant urosepsis. Autopsy showed that the liver cirrhosis was caused by sclerosing cholangitis. This very rare complication of CD in adolescence is discussed.
Ramelli
G P
GP
Department of Paediatrics, Children's Hospital, Lucerne, Switzerland.
Tönz
O
O
Zimmermann
A
A
Lentze
M J
MJ
D000293:Adolescent; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology; D015209:Cholangitis, Sclerosing / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology