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  • Title: Rapid recovery of a rectovaginal fistula with infliximab in a patient with Crohn's disease.
    Author: Hagiu C, Badea R, Serban A, Petrar S, Andreica V.
    Journal: J Gastrointestin Liver Dis; 2010 Sep; 19(3):329-32. PubMed ID: 20922201.
    Abstract:
    We present the case of a female patient diagnosed with colonic Crohn's disease, having a clinical evolution with many recurrences and in whom conventional therapy had failed. The patient was admitted in our department 4 years after the onset of the disease, with an altered general state, diarrhea, malnutrition, fever and fecaloid vaginal discharge. Investigations classified the patient in a severe activity flare of Crohn's disease (CDAI 329), complicated with a rectovaginal fistula. Infliximab therapy was initiated. The evolution was rapidly favorable and the fistula closed after 4 weeks of therapy.
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