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Enfermedad de Crohn simulando neoplasia de base de lengua

Felipe Gómez-Caminero López¹, Paloma García-Talavera San Miguel¹, Eva Campaña Díaz¹

¹Departments of Nuclear Medicine.

Clinical nuclear medicine

|February 23, 2026

Resumen

Un hombre de 67 años con enfermedad de Crohn experimentó un empeoramiento de las dificultades para tragar y dolor de cuello. Este caso destaca posibles complicaciones raras de la enfermedad de Crohn, incluso con tratamiento.

Área de la Ciencia:

Gastroenterología e Inmunología
Gastroenterología Quirúrgica

Sus antecedentes:

La enfermedad de Crohn es una enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal crónica.
Las complicaciones pueden afectar a varios sistemas orgánicos, incluido cabeza y cuello.

Objetivo del estudio:

Informar un caso raro de enfermedad de Crohn que se presenta con síntomas orofaríngeos.
Discutir los desafíos diagnósticos y de manejo.

Principales métodos:

Informe de caso de un hombre de 67 años con antecedentes de enfermedad de Crohn.
Se revisó la presentación clínica, el historial médico y el tratamiento actual.

Principales resultados:

El paciente presentó disfagia progresiva y dolor submandibular derecho.
Su historial incluyó enfermedad ileal, estenosis anal y cirugía previa.
Estaba en tratamiento con corticosteroides y vedolizumab en el momento de la presentación.

Conclusiones:

La enfermedad de Crohn puede manifestarse con síntomas inusuales más allá del tracto gastrointestinal.
La evaluación multidisciplinaria es crucial para diagnosticar y manejar casos complejos.

Palabras clave:

tomografía por emisión de positrones/tomografía computarizada con 18F-fluorodesoxiglucosa 18FFDG PET/CT enfermedad de Crohn cáncer de cabeza y cuello microgranulomas no necrosantes

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