PANCREATITIS IN A CHILD AFTER RECTAL ADMINISTRATION OF 5-AMINOSALICYLIC ACID

Authors
PAERREGAARD A KRASILNIKOFF PA
Citation
A. Paerregaard et Pa. Krasilnikoff, PANCREATITIS IN A CHILD AFTER RECTAL ADMINISTRATION OF 5-AMINOSALICYLIC ACID, Inflammatory bowel diseases, 3(1), 1997, pp. 20-21
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Inflammatory bowel diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
10780998
Volume
3
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
20 - 21
Database
ISI
SICI code
1078-0998(1997)3:1<20:PIACAR>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A case of 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA)-induced pancreatitis in a 7-ye ar-old girl with ulcerative colitis is described. Pancreatitis was fir st diagnosed after 7 months of treatment with 5-ASA by mouth. When she later received 5-ASA rectally, pancreatitis recurred after 2 weeks of treatment. She rapidly recovered after withdrawal of 5-ASA.