Acute Intestinal Invagination: An Exceptional Method of Revealing Crohn’s Disease

Crohn's disease presents a public health problem. The clinical presentation is variable with gastrointestinal and extra gastrointestinal manifestations. The management is multidisciplinary while patients with Crohn's disease rarely require surgery. We present a rare case of a 57-year-old p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Jabi, Rachid, Elmir, Siham, Ouryemchi, Mouad, Bouziane, Mohammed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Gastroenterology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8579914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34786254
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18673
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Sumario:Crohn's disease presents a public health problem. The clinical presentation is variable with gastrointestinal and extra gastrointestinal manifestations. The management is multidisciplinary while patients with Crohn's disease rarely require surgery. We present a rare case of a 57-year-old patient followed for 10 years for ankylosing spondylitis and admitted for abdominal pain on intussusception caused due to Crohn's disease which was probably symptomatic but not understood by your patient.

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