Severe Crohn’s Disease With Intra-abdominal Fistula: First Reported Case From Tanzania

We describe a case of Crohn's disease occurring in a young Tanzanian female. Crohn’s disease is rare in Africa and not encountered normally. The presentation of Crohn’s disease overlaps with many other abdominal disorders that are common in an African setting, such as tuberculosis and schistoso...

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Autores principales: Kassam, Nadeem, Aziz, Omar, Aghan, Eric, Mandwa, Melchisedeck, Ngimba, Caroline, Mbithe, Hanifa, Surani, Salim, Wambura, Casmir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Family/General Practice
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8843346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35178327
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21277
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author Kassam, Nadeem
Aziz, Omar
Aghan, Eric
Mandwa, Melchisedeck
Ngimba, Caroline
Mbithe, Hanifa
Surani, Salim
Wambura, Casmir
author_facet Kassam, Nadeem
Aziz, Omar
Aghan, Eric
Mandwa, Melchisedeck
Ngimba, Caroline
Mbithe, Hanifa
Surani, Salim
Wambura, Casmir
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description We describe a case of Crohn's disease occurring in a young Tanzanian female. Crohn’s disease is rare in Africa and not encountered normally. The presentation of Crohn’s disease overlaps with many other abdominal disorders that are common in an African setting, such as tuberculosis and schistosomiasis. The disease is probably underdiagnosed in Africa due to limitations in diagnostic testing and rarity.
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spelling pubmed-88433462022-02-16 Severe Crohn’s Disease With Intra-abdominal Fistula: First Reported Case From Tanzania Kassam, Nadeem Aziz, Omar Aghan, Eric Mandwa, Melchisedeck Ngimba, Caroline Mbithe, Hanifa Surani, Salim Wambura, Casmir Cureus Family/General Practice We describe a case of Crohn's disease occurring in a young Tanzanian female. Crohn’s disease is rare in Africa and not encountered normally. The presentation of Crohn’s disease overlaps with many other abdominal disorders that are common in an African setting, such as tuberculosis and schistosomiasis. The disease is probably underdiagnosed in Africa due to limitations in diagnostic testing and rarity. Cureus 2022-01-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8843346/ /pubmed/35178327 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21277 Text en Copyright © 2022, Kassam et al. https://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.
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Kassam, Nadeem
Aziz, Omar
Aghan, Eric
Mandwa, Melchisedeck
Ngimba, Caroline
Mbithe, Hanifa
Surani, Salim
Wambura, Casmir
Severe Crohn’s Disease With Intra-abdominal Fistula: First Reported Case From Tanzania
title Severe Crohn’s Disease With Intra-abdominal Fistula: First Reported Case From Tanzania
title_full Severe Crohn’s Disease With Intra-abdominal Fistula: First Reported Case From Tanzania
title_fullStr Severe Crohn’s Disease With Intra-abdominal Fistula: First Reported Case From Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed Severe Crohn’s Disease With Intra-abdominal Fistula: First Reported Case From Tanzania
title_short Severe Crohn’s Disease With Intra-abdominal Fistula: First Reported Case From Tanzania
title_sort severe crohn’s disease with intra-abdominal fistula: first reported case from tanzania
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8843346/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21277
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