Title of article
Multiple Enteroenteric Fistulas- Crohn’s Disease- A Case Report
Author/Authors
DHARAMSHI, Hasnain Abbas Karachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan , MOHSIN ALI, Ali Abbas Sindh Medical College - Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan , RAZA, Tufail Baqai Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan , SHAHID, Narmeen Karachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan , SHERAZ, Faizan Army Medical College, Islamabad, Pakistan , SAJID, Tooba Karachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan , LILANI, Zohair Karachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan , REHMAN, Mustaqueem ur Baqai Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan , NAFEES, Taha Karachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan
Pages
3
From page
1550
To page
1552
Abstract
Crohn's disease is a type of chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) of unknown etiology that may affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus and shows extra-intestinal involvement. It characteristically shows skip lesions. This case report reported in 2014 describes a middle age Pakistani male known to have documented evi-dence of significant crohn's disease since past 18 years. He was diagnosed with multiple fistulas that are a rare entity of patients with crohn's disease, which is itself a rare disease in Asian countries.
Keywords
Crohn's disease , Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) , Multiple fistulas
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Serial Year
2015
Record number
2420919
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