title: Isolated duodenal Crohn's disease: a case report and a review of the surgical management.
abstract: Crohn's disease may affect any segment of the gastrointestinal tract; however, isolated duodenal involvement is rather rare. It still remains a complex clinical entity with a controversial management of the disease. Initially, patients with duodenal Crohn' s disease (DCD) are managed with a combination of antiacid and immunosuppressive therapy. However, medical treatment fails in the majority of DCD patients, and surgical intervention is required in case of complicated disease. Options for surgical management of complicated DCD include bypass, resection, or stricturoplasty procedures. In this paper, we reported a 33-year-old male patient, who was diagnosed with isolated duodenal Crohn's diseases, and reviewed the surgical options in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Numune Training and Research Hospital, Department of General Surgery, 01170 Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Faruk
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Karateke
authors.forename: Ebru
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Menekşe
authors.forename: Koray
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Sefa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozyazici
authors.forename: Pelin
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Demirtürk