RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Crohn's disease presenting as life-threatening ileal bleeding
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 971
OP 973
VO 21
IS 10
A1 Tysk, Curt
A1 De Keersmaecker, Jan
A1 Al-Been, Hussam
A1 Ahmad, Talal M.
YR 2000
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/21/10/971.abstract
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.