Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports (Jul 2017)

Pediatric Crohn's disease presenting with a large calcified pelvic mass

  • Dominic C. Grimberg, BS,
  • Lung W. Lau, MD,
  • Wissam Dahoud, MD,
  • Spencer Couturier, MD,
  • Raymond W. Redline, MD,
  • Anne C. Kim, MD MPH

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsc.2017.03.003
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. C
pp. 14 – 17

Abstract

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Small bowel Crohn's disease classically presents with symptoms of abdominal pain, diarrhea, and weight loss in the pediatric population. However, there is no published literature on its presentation associated with a dystrophically calcified pelvic mass. We present a case of a 15-year-old female presenting with four weeks of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) symptoms as well as a large calcified pelvic mass suggestive of chronic, organized inflammatory process versus a calcifying fibrous tumor.

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