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Gastroenterol. latinoam ; 26(4): 204-208, 2015. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: biblio-982677

ABSTRACT

Crohn’s disease (CD) is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that may involve every segment of the entire gastrointestinal tract and is characterized by transmural inflammation and formation of granulomas. Its classic presentation is evidenced by fever, abdominal pain and signs of intestinal obstruction, however these signs could vary among patients. Fistulizing CD (FCD) is a less frequent presentation. The clinical signs and symptoms of this form are not characteristic and usually have a more complicated outcome due to the development of sepsis. Certolizumab pegol is a recombinant humanized antibody, targeting the tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), which has been effective in patients with fistulizing CD. In this article, we report a patient with complicated FCD who required 21 month hospitalization due to the presence of multiple fistulae and malnutrition, but who had a successful management with certolizumab pegol.


La enfermedad de Crohn (EC) es un tipo de enfermedad intestinal inflamatoria, que puede comprometer cualquier segmento del tracto gastrointestinal caracterizado por inflamación transmural y formación de granulomas. Su presentación clínica clásica se caracteriza por fiebre, dolor abdominal y signos de obstrucción intestinal, aunque estos signos pueden variar entre cada paciente. La EC fistulizante (ECF) es un tipo de presentación menos frecuente. Los síntomas y signos clínicos no son fácilmente definidos y usualmente se asocian con el desarrollo de sepsis. El certolizumab pegol es un anticuerpo monoclonal recombinante contra el factor de necrosis tumoral alfa. En este artículo se describe la evolución clínica de un paciente con ECF con múltiples complicaciones y quien requirió una hospitalización prolongada durante 21 meses debido a la presencia de múltiples fístulas y desnutrición, quien respondió satisfactoriamente al tratamiento con certolizumab pegol.


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Male , Humans , Adolescent , Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/therapeutic use , Crohn Disease/drug therapy , Polyethylene Glycols/therapeutic use
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