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Pancolonic disease in cystic fibrosis and high-dose pancreatic enzyme therapy.

Author(s): Pettei MJ, Leonidas JC, Levine JJ, Gorvoy JD

Affiliation(s): Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Schneider Children's Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY 11040.

Publication date & source: 1994-10, J Pediatr., 125(4):587-9.

Publication type: Case Reports

We describe a child with cystic fibrosis who was treated with high-dose pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy and who had a prominent ascending colon stricture with submucosal fibrosis. Unlike prior reported cases, this patient's disease was more extensive, involving the entire colon, and was associated with chylous ascites.

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