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[Crohn's disease and ascites].

J R Aparicio Tormo1, R Laveda, A Gómez Andrés

  • 1Sección de Aparato Digestivo, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Maestro Alonso, 109, 03010 Alicante. japariciot@meditex.es

Gastroenterologia Y Hepatologia
|March 3, 2001
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Area of Science:

  • Gastroenterology
  • Internal Medicine

Background:

  • Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel condition.
  • Ascites, or abdominal fluid accumulation, is not a typical Crohn's complication.

Observation:

  • A 36-year-old female with Crohn's disease developed ascites during her illness.
  • This ascites appeared during follow-up, unrelated to other known complications like vein thrombosis.

Findings:

  • The patient required paracenteses to drain the ascites.
  • No cause for the ascites was identified other than Crohn's disease itself.

Implications:

  • This case highlights a previously undescribed presentation of Crohn's disease.
  • Ascites may occur as a complication of Crohn's disease, mirroring its acute phases.