Infliximab treatment of Crohn disease ileovesical fistula

Scand J Gastroenterol. 2003 Oct;38(10):1097-8. doi: 10.1080/00365520310004704.

Abstract

Ileovesical fistula is a rare inaugural complication of Crohn disease. Current approaches associate antibiotics, total parenteral nutrition and various combinations of immunomodulatory agents. However, only a minority of fistulas subside under conventional treatment, as most of them ultimately require complex surgery to excise and close the structures involved. We report the case of a 31-year-old patient successfully treated by targeting the local production of tumour necrosis factor alpha with infliximab.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use*
  • Crohn Disease / complications*
  • Humans
  • Ileal Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Ileal Diseases / etiology
  • Infliximab
  • Intestinal Fistula / drug therapy*
  • Intestinal Fistula / etiology
  • Male
  • Urinary Bladder Fistula / drug therapy*
  • Urinary Bladder Fistula / etiology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Infliximab