Small bowel obstruction in chronic granulomatous disease.
Intestinal obstruction, enteritis, and colitis have been reported in patients with previously documented chronic granulomatous disease (CGD). We describe here an 11-year-old boy whose initial presentation was compatible with inflammatory bowel disease. A mild but persistent dermatitis was his only other manifestation of CGD.
D002648:Child; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006105:Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male