[Presentation of Crohn's disease with esophageal involvement].
Inflammatory bowel disease basically consists of two entities: ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD). Both processes are characterized by chronic inflammation of the intestine, which in the case of CD may affect the entire digestive tract. We present the case of a young man who was diagnosed with esophageal CD after presenting dysphagia and odynophagia. Intestinal involvement was subsequently found. Esophageal involvement is infrequent and as the first manifestation of CD it is extremely rare. It should, however, be borne in mind in patients with esophageal ulcerations without symptoms or endoscopic signs compatible with peptic etiology, even though other indications of inflammatory disease are absent.
López Serrano
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Servicios de Gastroenterología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
Moreira Vicente
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Alemán Villanueva
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Vázquez Romero
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Redondo
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C
D000328:Adult; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male