Endoscopic needle-knife stricturoplasty in Esophageal Crohn's Disease – Case report

Background: Crohn's disease of the esophagus is rare, but if present, it may cause stricture of the involved parts. Even though the primary therapeutic intervention is endoscopic balloon dilation, some patients with refractory strictures require surgical resection. However radial electroincision of refractory esophagogastric anastomotic stricture after surgery is mentioned, Crohn's disease related needle-knife stricturoplasty is not known in the literature. Case report: A 64 years old female patient was diagnosed with buccal and esophageal manifestation of Crohn's disease 5 years ago. No other part of the gastro…