title: [Impacted foreign body in a patient with Crohn's disease].
abstract: Crohn's disease is often complicated by intestinal strictures. Symptomatic strictures refractory to medical therapy usually require surgery. Endoscopic balloon dilatation is an alternative to surgery. We report the case of a patient with Crohn's disease with asymptomatic ileocecal stricture, which was identified after intestinal obstruction due to an impacted foreign body. The patient underwent endoscopic dilatation and the foreign body was extracted. We provide a review of the literature on endoscopic balloon dilatation of intestinal strictures in Crohn's disease.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Son Dureta, Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca, España. mvanrell@hsd.es
authors.forename: Margalida Vanrell
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Garau
authors.forename: Daniel Ginard
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Vicens
authors.forename: Alfredo Llompart
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Rigo
authors.forename: Zoe Mariño
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Méndez
authors.forename: María José Bosque
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: S Patricia Ortega
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Moya
authors.forename: Carmen Garrido
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Duran
authors.forename: Jaime Gayà
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Cantallops
mesh_terms: D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007080:Ileocecal Valve; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged