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Unusual association of diseases/symptoms
Crohn’s disease after gastric bypass surgery
  1. Izabella Janczewska,
  2. Qayium Nekzada,
  3. Marjo Kapraali
  1. Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
  1. Correspondence to Dr Izabella Janczewska, izabella.janczewska{at}ds.se

Summary

Bariatric surgery for the treatment of severe obesity has increased dramatically in recent years in the USA and parts of Western Europe. The most commonly used technique is the Roux-en Y gastric bypass (RYGBP). Several nutritional and gastrointestinal complications after bariatric surgery have been described during the last 10 years. The authors present two patients with diarrhoea and malnutrition; one after RYGBP and the other after jejunoileal bypass surgery. These patients were subsequently diagnosed with Crohn’s disease.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr.07.2010.3168

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    • Competing interests None.

    • Patient consent Obtained.