Small bowel obstruction - Crohn disease
Diagnosis almost certain
Disclosures
- updated 14 May 2023:
Nothing to disclose
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In Crohn's disease, it's important to discriminate between active inflammation and fibrostenotic disease;
Active inflammation, characterizedcharacterised clinically by acute clinical symptoms & raised inflammatory markers and treatmenttreatment is usually medicallymedical (unless there is a complication).
Whilst fibrostenotic disease,characterized, is characterised by obstructive symptoms and is often treated surgically.
-<p>In <a href="/articles/crohns-disease-4">Crohn's disease</a>, it's important to discriminate between active inflammation and fibrostenotic disease;</p><p> <strong>Active inflammation, </strong>characterized clinically by acute clinical symptoms & raised inflammatory markers and treatment is usually medically (unless there is a complication).</p><p>Whilst <strong>fibrostenotic disease</strong>,characterized by obstructive symptoms and often treated surgically. </p><p> </p>- +<p>In <a href="/articles/crohn-disease-1">Crohn's disease</a>, it's important to discriminate between active inflammation and fibrostenotic disease;</p><p> <strong>Active inflammation, </strong>characterised clinically by acute clinical symptoms & raised inflammatory markers and treatment is usually medical (unless there is a complication).</p><p>Whilst <strong>fibrostenotic disease</strong>, is characterised by obstructive symptoms and is often treated surgically.</p>
Presentation
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Chronic abdominal pain and vomittingvomiting.
References changed:
- 1. Griffin N, Grant LA, Anderson S et-al. Small bowel MR enterography: problem solving in Crohn's disease. Insights Imaging. 2012;3 (3): 251-63. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13244-012-0154-3">doi:10.1007/s13244-012-0154-3</a> - <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3369125">Free text at pubmed</a> - <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22696087">Pubmed citation</a><span class="auto"></span>
- Griffin N, Grant LA, Anderson S et-al. Small bowel MR enterography: problem solving in Crohn's disease. Insights Imaging. 2012;3 (3): 251-63. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13244-012-0154-3">doi:10.1007/s13244-012-0154-3</a> - <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3369125">Free text at pubmed</a> - <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22696087">Pubmed citation</a><span class="auto"></span>
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