PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Tysk, Curt
AU  - De Keersmaecker, Jan
AU  - Al-Been, Hussam
AU  - Ahmad, Talal M.
TI  - Crohn's disease presenting as life-threatening ileal bleeding
DP  - 2000 Oct 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 971--973
VI  - 21
IP  - 10
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/21/10/971.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/21/10/971.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2000 Oct 01; 21
AB  - 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.