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| Title: Diseases of the intestine mimicking Crohn's disease. | ||||
| Title Abreviation: J Clin Gastroenterol | Date of Pub: 1992 Jul | |||
| Author: Lavy A; Militianu D; Eidelman S; | ||||
| Issue/Part/Supplement: 1 | Volume Issue: 15 | Pagination: 17-23 | ||
| MESH Headings: Actinomycosis (*DI); Adult; Aged; Antirheumatic Agents, Gold (AE); Arthritis, Rheumatoid (DT); Breast Neoplasms (*PA); Case Report; Colitis (CI/*DI); Colonic Neoplasms (*DI/SC); Crohn Disease (*DI); Diagnosis, Differential; Diagnostic Errors; Female; Human; Ileitis (CI/*DI); Male; Middle Age; Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal (*DI); -RN-; | ||||
| Journal Title Code: IBG | Publication Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE | |||
| Date of Entry: 920914N | Entry Month: 9211 | |||
| Country: UNITED STATES | Index Priority: 2 | |||
| Language: Eng | Unique Identifier: 92364224 | |||
| Unique Identifier: 92364224 | ISSN: 0192-0790 | |||
| Abstract: We describe five patients who were initially thought to have Crohn's disease and were treated accordingly. The original diagnosis was based upon clinical presentation, roentgenograms, and histological examination, but subsequent follow-up showed that diagnosis to be in error. The following diagnoses were established instead: tuberculosis, Actinomyces Israeli infection, reaction to gold therapy, metastatic cancer, and linitis plastica. We stress the importance of considering conditions that can mimic Crohn's disease. | ||||
| Abstract By: Author | ||||
| Address: Division of Gastroenterology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel. | ||||