Korean J Gastrointest Endosc.  1997 Jun;17(3):430-434.

Crohn's Disease with Intraabdominal Abscess as the Initial Diagnosis

• Song MS
• Yi JI
• Kim KG
• Dong SH
• Kim HJ
• Kim BH
• Jang YW
• Chang R

Abstract

Intraabdominal abscesses and their sequalae have long been observed in patients with Crohn's disease. Patients with Crohn's disease account for little more than 0.5% of all patients coming to laparotomy for intraabdominal abscess. However, an intraabdceninal abscess will develop as a complication of Crohn's disease in 12 to 25% of patients. For enteroparietal abscess, incision and drainage with later definitive resection is the optimal therapy, However, primary en bloc resection is performed with excellent results recently. We experienced a case of Crohn's disease whose initial problem was intraabdorninal abscess. After surgery, we confirmed Crohn's disease.

Keyword

Crohn's disease; Intraabdominal abscess

MeSH Terms

Abscess*
Crohn Disease*
Diagnosis*
Drainage
Humans
Laparotomy