Nasal septal perforation in an adolescent girl with Crohn's disease: a rare extraintestinal manifestation

Dig Dis Sci. 2007 May;52(5):1285-7. doi: 10.1007/s10620-006-9584-4. Epub 2007 Mar 15.

Abstract

Crohn's Disease (CD) is a chronic granulomatous inflammatory bowel disease which may also involve the extraintestinal organs such as joints, liver, skin and perianal tissue. Involvement of the aerodigestive tract is quite rare in CD. We report a 16-year-old girl with CD and nasal perforation as an extraintestinal manifestation of the disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Crohn Disease / complications*
  • Crohn Disease / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Nasal Septum / pathology*
  • Nose Diseases / etiology*
  • Nose Diseases / pathology
  • Rupture, Spontaneous / etiology
  • Severity of Illness Index