Medical Definition of Crohn disease: extraintestinal manifestations
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Fatty liver, gallstones (28-34%), risk 3-5X higher than expected, secondary to malabsorption of bile salts in terminal ileum, correlation with length of diseased ileum and duration of disease, sclerosing cholangitis, bile duct carcinoma, amyloidosis, urolithiasis: oxalate/uric acid stones, migratory arthritis (5-20%), sacroilitis, ankylosing spondylitis, erythema nodosum, uveitis see: Crohn disease
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crohn Disease: Extraintestinal Manifestations
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