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Crohn's disease presenting as life-threatening ileal bleeding

Curt Tysk, Jan De Keersmaecker, Hussam Al-Been and Talal M. Ahmad
Saudi Medical Journal October 2000, 21 (10) 971-973;
Curt Tysk
Department of Gastroenterology, Orebro Medical Center Hospital, S-701 85 Orebro, Sweden. Tel. +46 (19) 6021000. Fax. +46 (19) 6021774. E-mail: [email protected].
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Jan De Keersmaecker
Department of Surgery, Al-Hammadi Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hussam Al-Been
Department of Medicine, Al-Hammadi Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Talal M. Ahmad
Department of Surgery, Al-Hammadi Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abstract

We report a case of Crohn's disease in a 32-year old Saudi male. The disease presented with severe, life-threatening ileal bleeding necessitating an urgent laparotomy and 100 cm of ileum and ascending colon was resected. The bleeding source was several ulcers in an inflamed ileum and histopathologic examination revealed typical findings of Crohn's disease with a chronic, transmural inflammation, non-caseating granuloma and the Ziehl-Neelsen stain was negative. The postoperative course was uneventful. On follow-up he is doing well on medical treatment with mesalamine and substitution therapy with vitamin B12.

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