Development of crohn's disease following treatment for juvenile idiopathic arthritis in a nigerian child: Case report and review of literature.

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and Crohn's disease (CD) are diseases that are rarely seen in the black African child. CD has been reported to occur following therapy with etanercept in JIA patients. We report the case of a Nigerian child with JIA who developed CD following treatment for JIA.