Peculiarities of crohn's disease in children - the way from diagnosis verification to the development of complications (clinical case).

OBJECTIVE: Introduction: Despite increasing frequency of inflammatory diseases of the intestine in the children worldwide, verification of Crohn's disease (CD) diagnosis in pediatric practice has not studied yet and it is difficult for clinician to determine the stage of the disease. The aim of our study was to analyze clinical case of Crohn's disease (CD) in a child based on literature data and own monitoring.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: 13 year old patient was involved in our examination who took complex lab and instrumental investigation, which allows verifying inflammatory intestinal pathology such as Crohn's disease. Clinical case of the disease demonstrates that clinical symptomatic picture, difficulties of differential diagnostics and the absence of effective interaction between relatives of the patient and doctor can't give the possibility to make correct diagnosis in pediatric practice and it can lead to complications of the development of disablement.

CONCLUSION: Conclusions: Crohn's disease is a serious inflammatory intestinal disease that requires an interdisciplinary diagnostic approach for the successful verification of the diagnosis.