A CASE OF CROHN'S DISEASE WITH ESOPHAGEAL LESION

Abstract

A 20-years-old-man, who had suffered from Crohn's disease in the large intestine, wasadmitted to our hospital because of abdominal pain, fever, dysphagia, and chest pain onswalloviring. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopic examination revealed punched-out ulcers alongthe whole esophagus and the bamboo-like appearance in the upper body of the stomach. Non-caseating granulomas were detected in the biopsy specimens from these lesions. Therapy withproton pump inhibitor relieved dysphagia and chest pain, and the following therapy withelemental diet and mesalazine improved esophageal ulcers.