title: Life-threatening lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage in pediatric Crohn's disease.
abstract: In Crohn's disease, mild gastrointestinal bleeding often occurs; however massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage, which can have a dramatic effect on a patient's vital sign, is rare. This could result in potentially life-threatening complications, which can lead to death. Massive hemorrhagic Crohn's disease is not well known and for this reason, they are a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Various diagnostic and therapeutic methods are currently being developed and used. The surgical method is often used only as a last measure since this approach has the risk of serious complications that may endanger patients. However, if massive bleeding continues even after all therapeutic methods are used, the surgical method must be implemented. In this case, all therapeutic methods were found to be ineffective; therefore, surgery was used as a last option. Ultimately, the surgical method was found to be successfully used to treat life-threatening hemorrhagic Crohn's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ; Severance Pediatric Liver Disease Research Group, Severance Children's Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Earl
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yunkoo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Mi Jung
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Young Nyun
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koh
keywords: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; General surgery; Pediatric Crohn's disease