title: [Recurrent pancreatitis revealing Crohn's disease].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Unité de gastroentérologie pédiatrique, hôpital des Enfants, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barba
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rebouissoux
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Le Bail
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lamireau
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones