Crohn's disease of the large bowel following diagnosis of chronic lymphoid leukaemia: A case report | Zendy

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Crohn's disease of the large bowel following diagnosis of chronic lymphoid leukaemia: A case report

Author(s) -

John K. Triantafillidis,

G. Penesis

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of crohn s and colitis

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.277

H-Index - 80

eISSN - 1876-4479

pISSN - 1873-9946

DOI - 10.1016/j.crohns.2012.07.013

Subject(s) - medicine , inflammatory bowel disease , disease , crohn's disease , epidemiology , immunology

Dear Sir,It is well established that haematological malignancies could develop during the clinical course of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).1,2 Epidemiological data suggest that this risk might be increased3 and be related with the use of either immunosuppressants or biologic agents.4 So far, these malignancies have been observed after the establishment of diagnosis of IBD.We describe the case of a patient in whom the diagnosis of Crohn's disease (CD) was made 6 years after the diagnosis of chronic lymphoid leukaemia. To the best of our knowledge, the appearance of CD years after the establishment of chronic lymphoid leukaemia has not yet been described.A 71-year old man was admitted to …

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