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Parallel manifestation of Crohn’s disease and acute pericarditis: a report of two cases

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Pericarditis is an uncommon extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which may occur at any time during its natural course. Moreover, it may be associated with the medications used to treat IBD, especially mesalamine. We report on two patients with acute pericarditis who were subsequently diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. It is likely that mild, longstanding, virtually asymptomatic intestinal disease preceded the onset of pericarditis in both cases.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Panagiota Stasinopoulou, Aikaterini Kaziani & Athanasios Skoutelis

  2. Gastroenterology Department, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Gerassimos Mantzaris & Anastasios Roussos

  3. 50 Nikiforou Lytra Street, 11474, Athens, Greece

    Anastasios Roussos

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Stasinopoulou, P., Kaziani, A., Mantzaris, G. et al. Parallel manifestation of Crohn’s disease and acute pericarditis: a report of two cases. Int J Colorectal Dis 22, 1123–1125 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-007-0327-6

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