[Recurrent pancreatitis revealing Crohn's disease].
Crohn's disease may exceptionally be revealed by recurrent pancreatitis.


METHODS
A 12-year-old boy presented with recurrent pancreatitis without recognized etiology. At the fourth episode, abdominal pain and abscess of the anus led to the diagnostic of Crohn's disease. Corticotherapy was successful on pancreatic and intestinal manifestations.


CONCLUSIONS
Recurrent pancreatitis may reveal Crohn's disease. Endoscopic examination of the duodenum and the colon is recommended in patients with recurrent pancreatitis and negative etiologic investigations.
Barba
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Unité de gastroentérologie pédiatrique, hôpital des Enfants, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux, France.
Rebouissoux
L
L
Le Bail
B
B
Lamireau
T
T
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001003:Anal Canal / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones