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Pancreatitis is generally regarded to be an extra-intestinal complication of Crohn’s disease unless the duodenum is directly involved. Some reports in the recent literature, however, suggested a possible association of pancreatitis with Crohn’s disease. In this report, we describe a 25-year-old male with Crohn’s disease and pancreatitis, the etiology of which was uncertain. The pancreatitis resolved along with the clinical improvement in Crohn’s disease. This case supports the concept of an association between Crohn’s disease and pancreatitis.
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Omata, F., Arakawa, S., Takahashi, H. et al. Crohn’s disease associated with pancreatitis of unknown etiology: A case report. Gastroenterol Jpn 28, 420–423 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02776988
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