Crohn's Disease

Alternate Name: Regional Enteritis

Test:

WCC (H), ESR (H), faecal occult blood (+ or -), Hb(N or L), S.albumin (N or L), S.calcium (L),intestinal biopsy history (AB), S.CRP (H)

Sign:

Abdominal mass, abdominal rigidity, abdominal rebound tenderness

Dd:

Small bowel obstruction, amyloidosis, ulcerative colitis, intestinal carcinoma, sprue, appendicitis, lymphomas, TB, acute infectious enteritis, diver­ticulitis

Phys:

Granulomatous response of the small intestine or colon to an unknown agent resulting in ulcer and fistula formation in the bowel