Terminal ileitis is not always Crohn’s disease

Isolated cutaneous Crohn’s disease: A case report

This case report describes a patient with cutaneous signs in the genital and peri-anal region suspicious of Crohn’s disease without any intestinal symptom or sign. Inflammatory bowel disease can be associated with some cutaneous signs. However, in this paper, we report a patient with isolated cutaneous Crohn’s disease which is very rare (less than 100 case reports across the world). Our patient...

Crohn’s Disease (Ileitis) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC) — Causes and Treatment

Facing Terminal Ileitis: Going Beyond Crohn’s Disease

Terminal ileitis (TI) is an inflammatory condition of the terminal portion of the ileum that may occur acutely with right lower quadrant pain followed or not by diarrhea, or exhibit chronic obstructive symptoms and bleeding and normally it is associated to Crohn's disease (CD) although it may be associated to other different conditions. This review intended to contribute to a better understandi...

Tuberculosis terminal ileitis: A forgotten entity mimicking Crohn’s disease

Intestinal tuberculosis (TB) is an uncommon lesion for which differential diagnosis can be difficult. We present a case of a 53-year-old male and a systematic review of the literature, from clinical symptoms to differential diagnosis, unusual complications and therapy. The patient was admitted to the hospital with signs of acute abdomen as a result of a perforated terminal ileitis. Based on the...

Acute appendagitis as a cause of right lower quadrant pain.

is one of the commonest symptoms general surgeons are asked to evaluate. Apart from classical appendicitis, the differential diagnosis includes conditions confined to the appendix, such as cystadenoma or carcinoid, and those separate from the appendix, such as ruptured ovarian cyst, cecal diverticulitis, Crohn’s disease and other causes of terminal ileitis. Torsion of the epiploic appendix (app...