Medical Definition of Crohn disease

1. CT: double halo (50%): edematous mucosa/thickened soft tissue, creeping fat (40%): mesenteric infiltration, ultrasound: thickened bowel wall (65%): about 8mm, inflammatory mass (14%), abscess (4%), distended fluid filled loops (12%), Complications: fistula (33%), intramural sinus tracts, abscess, perforations (rare), toxic megacolon, SBO (15%), hydronephrosis (usually right sided), adenocarcinoma in ileum/colon, Differential diagnosis: Yersinia: in TI, resolution in 3-4 months, TB (more severe involvement of caecum), segmental infarction (acute onset, elderly patient), radiation ileitis, lymphoma, carcinoid, eosinophilic gastoenteritis, potassium stricture see: sites, phases, extraintestinal manifestations Cf: ulcerative colitis More info: Crohn disease (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crohn Disease

crofter
crofters
crofting
croftings
croftland
croftlands
crofts
crog
crogged
crogging
crogs
crohn's colitis
crohn's enteris
crohn's enterocolitis
crohn's ileocolitis
crohn disease (current term)
crohn disease: extraintestinal manifestations
crohn disease: phases
crohn disease: sites
crohn disease vs ulcerative colitis
croissant
croissantlike
croissants
croisé
croisés
crojik
crojiks
crokers
crokinole
cromack

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