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Fibrosing colonopathy in an adult caused by over use of pancreatic enzyme supplements
  1. M HÄUSLER,
  2. G HEIMANN
  1. R MEILICKE
  1. S BIESTERFELD
  1. Department of Pediatrics
  2. University Hospital RWTH Aachen
  3. Pauwelsstr. 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
  4. Federal Ministry of Health, Am Propsthof 78a
  5. 53121 Bonn, Germany
  6. Department of Pathology
  7. University Hospital RWTH Aachen
  8. Pauwelsstr. 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
  1. M Häusler. Email:Haeusler{at}RWTH-Aachen.de

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Editor,—We read with interest the report by Bansi and colleagues (OpenUrlPubMedWeb of Science) describing fibrosing colonopathy secondary to high dose pancreatic enzyme therapy in an adult patient. Some details of the patient's history—cholangitis, pancreatitis, and pancreatic insufficiency—are strikingly similar to symptoms displayed by our adult patient with cystic fibrosis and fibrosing colonopathy described previously.1 In this patient with cystic fibrosis, chronic cholangitis …

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