Pancreatic Atrophy or Insufficiency Incidentally Found in a Patient Newly Diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease - Abstract
Pancreatic atrophy is most commonly a consequence of cystic fibrosis, recurrent pancreatitis, or of anatomic variation of the organ. Recently, cases of pancreatic atrophy associated with inflammatory bowel disease have been reported, with the question of which entity being a precedent of the other remaining unanswered. We present a case of pancreatic atrophy/ insufficiencies incidentally detected in a patient ultimately diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and review the literature of the association between these two entities.