Pyloric stenosis due to Crohn's disease.
Gastroduodenal involvement by Crohn's disease is relatively rare and occasionally causes pyloric stenosis, for which medical therapy may be ineffective and surgery may be required. We report on a 44-year-old man patient in whom corticosteroids had a marked effect in reducing pyloric stenosis caused by Crohn's disease. A proton-pump inhibitor was not effective, and Helicobacter pylori was negative.
First Department of Internal Medicine, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Kogushi, Ube, Japan.
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Nakamura
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Yanai
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Miura
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Minamisono
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Mitani
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Higaki
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Tada
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Okita
D000328:Adult; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011707:Pyloric Stenosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology