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An Intriguing Endoscopic Case of Asymptomatic Crohn’s Disease

We present the case of a 64-year old male with Crohn’s disease, who has intriguing endoscopic findings. Upon initial diagnosis at age 20, he received steroid therapy, but has not required any further medical intervention. He has remained relatively asymptomatic and keeps a healthy lifestyle. At rout...

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Autores principales: Boules, Mena, Gordon, Ilyssa O., Kirsh, Brian, Rizk, Maged K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4586813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26425582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709613503314
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description We present the case of a 64-year old male with Crohn’s disease, who has intriguing endoscopic findings. Upon initial diagnosis at age 20, he received steroid therapy, but has not required any further medical intervention. He has remained relatively asymptomatic and keeps a healthy lifestyle. At routine colonoscopy, we identified pseudopolyps as well as tissue bridges within the colon, giving an unusual “swiss cheese” appearance. This case exemplifies the heterogeneity of Crohn’s disease, emphasizing the possibility of finding evidence of ongoing disease despite lack of symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-45868132015-09-30 An Intriguing Endoscopic Case of Asymptomatic Crohn’s Disease Boules, Mena Gordon, Ilyssa O. Kirsh, Brian Rizk, Maged K. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep Article We present the case of a 64-year old male with Crohn’s disease, who has intriguing endoscopic findings. Upon initial diagnosis at age 20, he received steroid therapy, but has not required any further medical intervention. He has remained relatively asymptomatic and keeps a healthy lifestyle. At routine colonoscopy, we identified pseudopolyps as well as tissue bridges within the colon, giving an unusual “swiss cheese” appearance. This case exemplifies the heterogeneity of Crohn’s disease, emphasizing the possibility of finding evidence of ongoing disease despite lack of symptoms. SAGE Publications 2013-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4586813/ /pubmed/26425582 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709613503314 Text en © 2013 American Federation for Medical Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (http://www.uk.sagepub.com/aboutus/openaccess.htm).
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