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A Case of Crohn's Disease Diagnosed After Appendectomy
Hee Yeoun Kim, Hae Jin Lee, Hae Sun Kim, Jeong Wan Seo, Woon Sup Han, Sun Wha Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1998;41(4):562-567.   Published online April 15, 1998
Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory disease that may affect any part of the gastrointestinal system and multiple extraintestinal organs. Right lower quadrant abdominal pain with fever may be mistaken as a acute appendicitis. Pancreatitis has rarely been reported as a complication of Crohn’s disease. However, we experienced one case of Crohn’s disease with pancreatitis : the histologic examination after appendectomy of a 12-year-old...