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Diffuse jejunoileitis with vasculitic abnormalities in the mesenteric arteries: a rare manifestation of Crohn's
R J Loffeld1, H A Overtoom, A T Balk
1Department of Internal Medicine, Ziekenhuis De Heel, Zaandam, Netherlands.
The Netherlands Journal of Medicine
|March 1, 1996
Abstract:
The case history of a 31-year-old woman with abdominal complaints of long duration is presented. After 4 years and several hospital admissions the patient underwent diagnostic laparotomy and finally a diagnosis of diffuse jejunoileitis as a manifestation of Crohn's disease was made. The diagnostic procedures as well as the therapeutic strategy are described. A review of the literature is given.