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A Rare Case of Crohn’s Disease Manifesting as a Large Liver Abscess
Liver abscess is a rare complication seen in Crohn's disease (CD) and has been rarely reported. Our aim is to illustrate a case of liver abscess in a patient with CD and the importance of a complete history and physical examination in identifying the potential cause of a hepatic abscess in an i...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6389026/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30820378 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3758 |
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author | Jain, Akriti G FaisalUddin, Mohammed Gllava, Idljona Gordon, Dwayne Guan, Jian |
author_facet | Jain, Akriti G FaisalUddin, Mohammed Gllava, Idljona Gordon, Dwayne Guan, Jian |
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description | Liver abscess is a rare complication seen in Crohn's disease (CD) and has been rarely reported. Our aim is to illustrate a case of liver abscess in a patient with CD and the importance of a complete history and physical examination in identifying the potential cause of a hepatic abscess in an immune competent individual in who the diagnosis of CD was apparently ignored for two years before she presented to us. Although the manifestation of a hepatic abscess without any perianal abscess or fistula in CD is extremely rare, recognition of this would facilitate the diagnosis and appropriate management of abscess and CD. |
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spelling | pubmed-63890262019-02-28 A Rare Case of Crohn’s Disease Manifesting as a Large Liver Abscess Jain, Akriti G FaisalUddin, Mohammed Gllava, Idljona Gordon, Dwayne Guan, Jian Cureus Internal Medicine Liver abscess is a rare complication seen in Crohn's disease (CD) and has been rarely reported. Our aim is to illustrate a case of liver abscess in a patient with CD and the importance of a complete history and physical examination in identifying the potential cause of a hepatic abscess in an immune competent individual in who the diagnosis of CD was apparently ignored for two years before she presented to us. Although the manifestation of a hepatic abscess without any perianal abscess or fistula in CD is extremely rare, recognition of this would facilitate the diagnosis and appropriate management of abscess and CD. Cureus 2018-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6389026/ /pubmed/30820378 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3758 Text en Copyright © 2018, Jain et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Jain, Akriti G FaisalUddin, Mohammed Gllava, Idljona Gordon, Dwayne Guan, Jian A Rare Case of Crohn’s Disease Manifesting as a Large Liver Abscess |
title | A Rare Case of Crohn’s Disease Manifesting as a Large Liver Abscess |
title_full | A Rare Case of Crohn’s Disease Manifesting as a Large Liver Abscess |
title_fullStr | A Rare Case of Crohn’s Disease Manifesting as a Large Liver Abscess |
title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Case of Crohn’s Disease Manifesting as a Large Liver Abscess |
title_short | A Rare Case of Crohn’s Disease Manifesting as a Large Liver Abscess |
title_sort | rare case of crohn’s disease manifesting as a large liver abscess |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6389026/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30820378 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3758 |
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