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Crohn's Disease Diagnosed in a Man with Sarcoidosis: Coincidence or Correspondence?

Crohn's disease and sarcoidosis are characterized by noncaseating granulomas, but rarely do they present in the same patient. Their coexistence presents a diagnostic challenge as they are often classified as clinically separate, despite their similarities. We present a case of a 59-year-old man...

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Autores principales: Mills, Krystal, Fatima, Shaheen, Fas, Norberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9166977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35669381
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5943468
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description Crohn's disease and sarcoidosis are characterized by noncaseating granulomas, but rarely do they present in the same patient. Their coexistence presents a diagnostic challenge as they are often classified as clinically separate, despite their similarities. We present a case of a 59-year-old man previously diagnosed with pulmonary sarcoidosis who presented to the emergency room with abdominal pain and diarrhea. Colonoscopy revealed multiple ulcers in the colon, with histology in keeping with newly diagnosed Crohn's colitis. The patient had a good clinical response to initiation of steroid therapy and a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor.
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spelling pubmed-91669772022-06-05 Crohn's Disease Diagnosed in a Man with Sarcoidosis: Coincidence or Correspondence? Mills, Krystal Fatima, Shaheen Fas, Norberto Case Rep Gastrointest Med Case Report Crohn's disease and sarcoidosis are characterized by noncaseating granulomas, but rarely do they present in the same patient. Their coexistence presents a diagnostic challenge as they are often classified as clinically separate, despite their similarities. We present a case of a 59-year-old man previously diagnosed with pulmonary sarcoidosis who presented to the emergency room with abdominal pain and diarrhea. Colonoscopy revealed multiple ulcers in the colon, with histology in keeping with newly diagnosed Crohn's colitis. The patient had a good clinical response to initiation of steroid therapy and a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor. Hindawi 2022-05-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9166977/ /pubmed/35669381 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5943468 Text en Copyright © 2022 Krystal Mills et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Crohn's Disease Diagnosed in a Man with Sarcoidosis: Coincidence or Correspondence?
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